toom

See also: Toom

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

Adjective

toom (comparative more toom, superlative most toom)

  1. (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty.
Derived terms
  • toomly

Noun

toom (plural tooms)

  1. (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.

Verb

toom (third-person singular simple present tooms, present participle tooming, simple past and past participle toomed)

  1. (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem.

Etymology 2

From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmą (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tōmr (“vacant, empty”).

Noun

toom (usually uncountable, plural tooms)

  1. Vacant time, leisure.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tōm, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz. Doublet with Dutch team, from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːm/
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  • Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

toom m, n (plural tomen, diminutive toompje n)

  1. bridle, rein
    Je moet die jongens echt even in toom houden - You really need to keep those boys in check
  2. a flock of birds (especially ducks, geese and swans)
  3. frenulum

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toomi, from Proto-Uralic *ďëme.

Noun

toom (genitive toome, partitive toome)

  1. bird cherry

Inflection

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Synonyms

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