rum

See also: Rum, rúm, rùm, Rùm, rüm, rum-, and rum.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹʌm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

In common use since by at least 1654,[1] of uncertain origin. Theories include:

  • that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),[2]
  • that it is a shortening of rumbullion[3] or rumbustion,[4] or
  • that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
  • that it derives from rummer, from Dutch[5]

Noun

rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)

  1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
    The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
  2. (countable) A serving of rum.
    Jake tossed down three rums.
  3. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.
    Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
  4. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
  5. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
    • Jonathan Swift
      No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Translations

Etymology 2

From the earlier form rome, slang for good; possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

  1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]
    having a rum time
  2. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]
    a rum idea; a rum fellow
    "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?" - Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
    • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Google Books
      "Can't you see him?"
      "Well, I almost thought I did—for a moment. It's such a rum light."
    • 1976, James Herriot, All Things Wise and Wonderful, page 346
      "She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum 'un, isn't it?" It was very rum indeed.
Synonyms

See also

Etymology 3

Shortening of rummy.

Noun

rum

  1. (rare) The card game rummy.

References

  1. ↑ In that year, Connecticut ordered confiscation of "whatsoever Barbados liquors, commonly called rum, kill devil and the like". See Charles A. Coulombe, Rum (2005, →ISBN.
  2. ↑ Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum (2006, Random House, →ISBN, pages 34–35.
  3. ↑ “rum” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  4. ↑ “rum” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  5. ↑ Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits : A Guide to Their History, Production, and Enjoyment (2004, HarperCollins, →ISBN

Anagrams

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Noun

rum

  1. room

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rum/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.[1]

Noun

rum m

  1. rum
Declension

Etymology 2

Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).[2]

Noun

rum m

  1. rubble
Declension
Derived terms
  • rumiště

References

  1. ↑ rum² in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ↑ rum¹ in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rom/, [ʁɔmˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”).

Adjective

rum

  1. wide, spacious
Usage notes

Only used in the expressions:

  • i rum sø
  • en rum tid

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”).

Noun

rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

  1. room (part of a building)
  2. compartment
  3. (chiefly definite) space (the universe except Earth and its atmosphere)
    De fravalgte at udforske rummet.
    They chose not to explore space.
Declension

Etymology 3

See rumme (“to contain, hold”).

Verb

rum

  1. imperative of rumme

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːm/

Noun

rum

  1. room

References

German

Etymology

From dialectal German (e)rum, reduced form of herum and in some dialects darum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁʊm/

Adverb

rum

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of herum (“around”)

Usage notes

  • While most or all instances of standard herum can be replaced with rum in the vernacular, compounds that are inherently colloquial will typically sound odd when herum is used in them. These will appear in writing with rum or not at all.

Gothic

Romanization

rum

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌼

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Rum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrum]
  • Hyphenation: rum

Noun

rum (plural rumok)

  1. rum (a distilled spirit)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rum rumok
accusative rumot rumokat
dative rumnak rumoknak
instrumental rummal rumokkal
causal-final rumért rumokért
translative rummá rumokká
terminative rumig rumokig
essive-formal rumként rumokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rumban rumokban
superessive rumon rumokon
adessive rumnál rumoknál
illative rumba rumokba
sublative rumra rumokra
allative rumhoz rumokhoz
elative rumból rumokból
delative rumról rumokról
ablative rumtól rumoktól
Possessive forms of rum
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rumom rumjaim
2nd person sing. rumod rumjaid
3rd person sing. rumja rumjai
1st person plural rumunk rumjaink
2nd person plural rumotok rumjaitok
3rd person plural rumjuk rumjaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

  • rumaroma
  • rumesszencia

References

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Noun

rum m (genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)

  1. rum

Declension

References

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Noun

rum m (invariable)

  1. rum (distilled spirit)

Derived terms

  • rum fantasia

Kashubian

Noun

rum m

  1. space

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Ruum, from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rum]

Noun

rum m (diminutive rumk)

  1. room, space

Declension

Derived terms

  • rumašk
  • rumejza
  • rumnosć
  • rumny
  • rumowaŕ
  • rumowaś
  • rumowy

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).

Adjective

rūm

  1. spacious, roomy, open
    Ðis rume land ― the wide world
    (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
  2. free, unrestricted
  3. expansive, generous
  4. long, extended (of time)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Old Norse rūm (Danish and Swedish rum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).

Noun

rūm n

  1. space; a room
  2. a space of time, an interval; an opportunity
    Rum wæs to nimanne londbuendum on ðam laðestan... ― It was an opportunity for the land-dwellers to seize from the most hated ones...
    (Judith)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: roum, roume

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German herum.

Adverb

rum

  1. around

Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

rum m inan

  1. rum

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ũ

Noun

rum m (plural runs)

  1. rum

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Noun

rum n

  1. room; part of a building.
    Jag vill ha en lägenhet med två rum
    I want a flat with two rooms
  2. room; empty, available space; enough space
    Har du rum i din väska så att du kan lägga ner min bok också?
    Do you have enough space in your bag so that you could put my book too in it?
  3. (mathematics) space
    Linjärt rum
    Linear space

Declension

Declension of rum 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rum rummet rum rummen
Genitive rums rummets rums rummens

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English room.

Noun

rum

  1. room

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

rum

  1. safflower
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