stoom

See also: Stoom

English

Verb

stoom (third-person singular simple present stooms, present participle stooming, simple past and past participle stoomed)

Alternative form of stum

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stoom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

MOTOS, Smoot, Tooms, moots, motos, smoot, tomos, tooms

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stoom, from Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stʊə̯m/

Noun

stoom (uncountable)

steam

Derived terms

stoomboot

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stoːm/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: stoom
Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

stoom m (uncountable)

steam

Hypernyms

waterdamp

Derived terms

stomen
stoombad
stoombaggermolen
stoomboot
stoombrandspuit
stoomcarrousel
stoomdraaimolen
stoomfiets
stoomfluit
stoomgemaal
stoomketel
stoomklep
stoomkraan
stoomkracht
stoomlocomotief
stoommachine
stoommolen
stoompaard
stoompan
stoompijp
stoomrem
stoomschip
stoomstrijkijzer
stoomtram
stoomtrawler
stoomtreiler
stoomturbine
stoomvaart
stoomvaartuig
stoomwals

Descendants

Afrikaans: stoom
→ Indonesian: setom, setum
→ Papiamentu: stoom (dated)
→ West Frisian: stoom

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stoom.

Noun

stoom c (no plural)

steam
Synonym: steam

Derived terms

stoomboat

Further reading

“stoom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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