different between town vs lom

English

Alternative forms

• tahn, tawn (Bermuda),
• toune, towne (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English town, toun, from Old English t?n (“enclosure, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *t?n? (“fence”) (compare West Frisian tún, Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Zaun, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun), from Gaulish d?nom (“hill, hillfort”), from Proto-Celtic *d?nom (compare archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ta?n/, [t?a??n]
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

town (countable and uncountable, plural towns)

1. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
2. Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
3. (Britain, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
4. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
5. (colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
6. (humorous, ironic) A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
7. (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
8. (obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
9. (obsolete) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
10. (obsolete) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.

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11. (Britain, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Usage notes

• An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town may be considered urban. In urban areas, a town can be considered suburban; a village in the suburbs. The distinctions are fluid and dependent on subjective perception.

Hypernyms

• settlement

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (taun)

Translations

See also

• urban
• suburban
• rural

Anagrams

• nowt, wo'n't, won't, wont

Middle English

Noun

town

1. Alternative form of toun

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lom/
• Rhymes: -om

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lom?.

Noun

lom m

1. An open mine.
2. Diffraction or refraction.

Related terms

• lomit

See also

• d?l

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lom

1. second-person singular imperative of lomit

Further reading

• lom in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lom in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lom]
• Hyphenation: lom
• Rhymes: -om

Noun

lom (plural lomok)

1. junk, bulky waste

Declension

Derived terms

• lomos
• lomtalanít
• lomtalanítás

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lomm (“bare, naked; smooth; exact”).

Pronunciation

• (West Cork) IPA^(key): /l?oum?/

Noun

lom m (genitive singular loim)

1. bare thing, bareness
2. openness, exposure
3. opening for attack
4. nakedness, poverty

Declension

Derived terms

• ar lom (“bare, without trimmings”)
• cuireata ar lom (“lone knave”)
• de lom (“on purpose”)

Adjective

lom (genitive singular masculine loim, genitive singular feminine loime, plural loma, comparative loime)

1. bare
   1. (of country) bare, bleak
   2. (of house) unfurnished, unstocked, unadorned
   3. (of clothing) threadbare
   4. (of sheep) shorn, (of oats) husked, clean
   5. (of blade) bare, unsheathed; (of tongue) sharp; (of judge) strict
2. thin
   1. (of person, animal) thin, spare; (of quarters) lean
   2. (of porridge) thin; (of milk) skim; dilute
3. close
4. used intensively with other adjective or with adverb

Declension

Obsolete spellings

Synonyms

• nocht

Derived terms

Verb

lom (present analytic lomann, future analytic lomfaidh, verbal noun lomadh, past participle lomtha)

1. (transitive) lay bare; strip, denude; mow; (of a sheep) shear; flatten
2. (intransitive) become bare
3. (transitive) haul in (a sail, a sheet); close in on, attack (someone)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to strip, strip off): nocht
• (to strip off): rúisc, scamh, scoith

References

• "lom" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lomm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lómr, ultimately imitative of the bird's cry, particularly when it's in danger.

Noun

lom m (definite singular lommen, indefinite plural lommer, definite plural lommene)

1. a diver or loon (waterbird of order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae)

Derived terms

• gulnebblom

References

• “lom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lómr, ultimately imitative of the bird's cry, particularly when it's in danger.

Noun

lom m (definite singular lomen or lommen, indefinite plural lomar or lommar, definite plural lomane or lommane)

1. a diver or loon (waterbird of order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae)

Derived terms

• gulnebblom

References

• “lom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?lemH- (“broken”). Cognates include Old English lama, Old Saxon lam and Old Dutch *lam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lom/

Adjective

lom

1. lame

Descendants

• North Frisian: lom, laam
• Saterland Frisian: lom
• West Frisian: lam

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Plautdietsch

Adjective

lom

1. lame

Romanian

Etymology

From Russian ??? (lom), from Proto-Slavic *lom?.

Noun

lom n (plural lomuri)

1. crowbar

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Surmiran) lomm

Etymology

From Latin pulm?, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwm?.

Noun

lom f (plural loms)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) lung

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Surmiran) lev
• (Puter, Vallader) pulmun

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lomm.

Adjective

lom (comparative luime)

1. nude, naked
2. bare, bleak
3. leafless
4. threadbare
5. thin, meagre
6. net (weight, sum etc)

Synonyms

• (nude): lomnochd, rùisgte
• (bare): rùisgte
• (leafless): gun duille, gun duilleag

References

• “lom” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lomm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lom?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lô?m/

Noun

l?m m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. fracture
2. breach, breakage
3. rumpus, ruckus, uproar
4. refraction, diffraction (of light)

Declension

References

• “lom” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lom?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??m/

Noun

l?m m inan

1. fracture

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “lom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?m/

Noun

lom c

1. a loon

Declension

Taivoan

Numeral

lom

1. six