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solum
English
Etymology
From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”). Doublet of soil.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??l?m/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?so?l?m/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?s??l?m/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?s??l?m/
Noun
solum (plural solums or sola)
- Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes.
- The upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.
Anagrams
- Mosul, mulos, omuls
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *solom (“base, sole”), from Proto-Indo-European *solom or *selom (“place, habitation”). Cognate with Lithuanian salà (“island”), Proto-Slavic *selo (“village”) and Proto-Germanic *saliz (“house, dwelling; hall, room”). Related to Latin solea (“sandal, hoof-guard, fettle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?so.lum/, [?s???????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?so.lum/, [?s??lum]
Noun
solum n (genitive sol?); second declension
- bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
- floor, pavement
- ground, earth, land, soil
- sole (of the foot)
- (by extension) land, country, region, place
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Synonyms
- (bottom): fundus
- (ground): fundus
Derived terms
- assol?
- solea
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Adverbial accusative of s?lus (“alone, only”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?so?.lum/, [?s?o??????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?so.lum/, [?s??lum]
Adverb
s?lum (not comparable)
- only, just, barely, merely
Derived terms
- s?lummodo
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: sol
- Italian: solo
- Spanish: solo
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
s?lum
- inflection of s?lus:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- masculine accusative singular
References
- solum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- solum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- solum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- solum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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slum
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
Early 19th century. Originally slang, in the sense "room", especially "backroom" [attested 1812]; of unknown origin.
Noun
slum (countable and uncountable, plural slums)
- (countable) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:slum
- 1855, Charles Dickens, "Gambling", in Household Words Volume 31
- Go to the half built-upon slums behind Battlebridge […] you will find groups of boys […] squatting in the mud, among the rubbish, the broken bricks, the dust-heaps, and the fragments of timber […]
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvi:
- I saw that most of those who were spending from eight to fifteen pounds monthly had the advantage of scholarships. I had before me examples of much simpler living. I came across a fair number of poor students living more humbly than I. One of them was staying in the slums in a room at two shillings a week and living on two pence worth of cocoa and bread per meal from Lockhart's cheap Cocoa Rooms.
- (slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
slum (third-person singular simple present slums, present participle slumming, simple past and past participle slummed)
- (intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
Derived terms
- slum it
- slummer
Etymology 2
See slumgullion.
Noun
slum (uncountable)
- (slang) Slumgullion; a meat-based stew.
Further reading
- slum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lums, MLUs, UMLS, lums
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?slum]
- Rhymes: -um
Noun
slum m
- slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
Further reading
- slum in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
slum m (definite singular slummen, indefinite plural slummar, definite plural slummane)
- a slum
References
- “slum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???m
Noun
slum f (definite sluma)
- Old, sour and blue buttermilk without cream.
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