drom

See also: dröm and drøm

Albanian

Etymology

From Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road”).

Noun

drom ?

  1. highway

Synonyms

  • xhade

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

drom m (plural drommen)

  1. flock (of people).
  2. crowd

Synonyms

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

drom m (genitive singular droma, nominative plural dromanna)

  1. Alternative form of droim

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drom dhrom ndrom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old English drēam (“joy, music, dream”), Old Frisian drām, Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr.

Noun

drōm m

  1. joy, pleasure, ecstasy
    Drôm drohtines endi dagskîmon: Joy of the lord and daylight.
  2. music, song
  3. dream
    That he manno drôm ageƀen scolde: That he should give the men's dream.

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: drōm
    • Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Dräum
      Sauerländisch: Dräom, Draum, Dreyem, Droum, Drōem
      Westmünsterländisch: Droom
    • Plautdietsch: Droom

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road”).

Noun

drom m (plural droma)

  1. road

References

The 1970's periodical Romano Drom. Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003

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