pam

See also: Pam, PAM, päm, and рат

English

Etymology 1

Probably short for French Pamphile (“a given name”), special use of man's name.

Noun

pam (countable and uncountable, plural pams)

The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
A card game, similar to napoleon, in which the jack of clubs is the highest trump.

Etymology 2

Probably alteration of pan.

Verb

pam (third-person singular simple present pams, present participle pamming, simple past and past participle pammed)

To pan.

Anagrams

AMP, APM, MAP, MPA, amp, map

Amanab

Noun

pam

bone spoon

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin palmus.

Noun

pam m (plural pams)

span, handspan

Finnish

Interjection

pam!

bam! bang!

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pump.

Noun

pam

pump
(anatomy) heart

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English palm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pam/

Noun

pam (plural pams)

palm, palm tree

Declension

declension of pam

	singular	plural
nominative	pam	pams
genitive	pama	pamas
dative	pame	pames
accusative	pami	pamis
predicative	pamu	pamus
vocative	o pam!	o pams!

Welsh

Alternative forms

paham (literary)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pam/

Adverb

pam

why

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