different between vom vs vum

English

Etymology

Clipping of vomit.

Noun

vom (uncountable)

1. (informal) vomit

Verb

vom (third-person singular simple present voms, present participle vomming, simple past and past participle vommed)

1. (informal) vomit
   • 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle (page 185)

     Bogle the diplomat tried to hide the sound of his gagging as he vommed the night away.

   • 2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Rhino What You Did Last Summer

     Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp^[sic] taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom.

Anagrams

• MOV, OMV, mov.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vomu, zvom, zvomu

Etymology

From Latin vom?. Compare Romanian voame, vom.

Verb

vom (third-person singular present indicative voami/voame, past participle vumutã)

1. I vomit.

Related terms

• voamiri / voamire, vumeari / vumeare, vumeri
• vumut

See also

• versu

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse v?mb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?m/, [v?m?]

Noun

vom c (singular definite vommen, plural indefinite vomme)

1. belly
2. paunch

Declension

Derived terms

• vommet

Further reading

• “vom” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

Contraction

vom (+ adjective ending with -em + masculine or neuter noun)

1. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Vaamb, Vomb, vomb

Etymology

From Old Norse v?mb, from Proto-Germanic *wamb? (“belly; womb”). Cognates include English womb.

Noun

vom f (definite singular vomma, indefinite plural vommer, definite plural vommene)

1. (anatomy, in ruminants) rumen
2. (anatomy, in other animals) stomach
3. (anatomy, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) a paunch, big belly

Inflection

References

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vom]

Verb

(noi) vom (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

1. (we) will

   Vom lua prânzul la ora dou?sprezece.

   We will have lunch at 12 o'clock.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English woman (woman (truncated) > wom > vom)

Noun

vom (nominative plural voms)

1. woman (adult female human)

Declension

Hypernyms

• men
• nim

Coordinate terms

• man

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Alteration of vow.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?m/

Verb

vum (third-person singular simple present vums, present participle vumming, simple past and past participle vummed)

1. (US, colloquial) To vow, swear.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Ch. 3

     I vum it's Sunday—you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere—come along then; do come; won't ye come?

Interjection

vum

1. (US) An exclamation of surprise.

Luxembourgish

Contraction

vum

1. Contraction of vun dem.

Volapük

Noun

vum (nominative plural vums)

1. worm

Declension