rum

rum

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Romanian.

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌm/

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• Rhymes: -ʌm

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a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)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 roemer[5]

• rhum (Philippines)

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.

   1. (countable) A serving of rum.

      Jake tossed down three rums.

   2. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.

      Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.

   Coordinate term: grog

2. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
3. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
   • 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn

     No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

• (spirit): rumbullion (obsolete)
• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

• rum baba

• baba au rhum

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

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

   • 1837-9, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:

     "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"

   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 27, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, OCLC 2057953:

     [H]e stared after Pynsent stupidly, and pronounced to the landlord over the counter that he was a rum one.

   • 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.

• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange

• rum go

rum (plural rums)

1. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

Shortening of rummy.

rum

1. (rare) The card game rummy.

• MRU, Mru, RMU, URM

Borrowed from English room.

rum

1. room

• IPA^(key): [ˈrum]

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

rum m

1. rum

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

rum m

1. rubble

   Synonym: suť

• rumiště

• rum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /romˀ/, [ˈʁɔmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”), cognate with English room, German Raum, Dutch ruim, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼 (rum).

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.

   rumfarttøj (“space vehicle”), rumrejse (“space travel”)

From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”), cognate with English room (archaic), German raum (archaic), Dutch ruim, Chong 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃. Related to the noun.

rum (neuter rumt, plural and definite singular attributive rumme)

1. (archaic) wide, spacious

   in the modern language only in the expressions i rum sø (“in open sea”) and rum tid (“long time”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rum

1. imperative of rumme

Borrowed from English rum.

• IPA^(key): /rʏm/

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• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -ʏm

rum m (uncountable)

1. rum (alcoholic beverage)

• rumboon

• Negerhollands: roem, rum

Borrowed from English room.

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/

rum

1. room

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁʊm/

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rum

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

• 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.

• rumballern
• rumeiern
• rumsitzen
• rumstehen

rum

1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌼

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈrum]
• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -um

rum (plural rumok)

1. rum (a distilled spirit)

• rum in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Borrowed from English rum.

rum m (genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)

1. rum

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• rhum

Unadapted borrowing from English rum.

rum m (invariable)

1. rum (distilled spirit)

• rum fantasia

rum m

1. space

Borrowed from German Low German Ruum, from Middle Low German rûm, Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

• IPA^(key): [rum]

rum m (diminutive rumk)

1. room, space

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

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/

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

rūm

1. spacious, roomy
2. long, extended (of time)
3. liberal, extensive, ample, abundant, bountiful, expansive, generous

From Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

rūm n or m

1. room, space
2. a space of time, an interval
3. opportunity

Neuter

Masculine

• ġerūm

• Middle English: roum, roume
  • English: room

Compare German herum.

rum

1. around

• IPA^(key): /rum/

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• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: rum

Borrowed from English rum.

rum m inan

1. rum (distilled spirit)
2. rum (serving)

Borrowed from Middle High German rūm, roum, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

rum m inan

1. (archaic, geology) broken debris, rock crumbs

• rum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: rum

rum m (plural runs)

1. rum

rum n (plural rumuri)

1. Alternative form of rom

rum

1. Romanization of 𒀸 (rum)

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

• IPA^(key): /rɵm/

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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

• mur

From English room.

rum

1. room

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐum˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹʊm˧˧]

rum

1. safflower