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Webster 1913 Edition

Gram

(grăm)

Adj.

[AS.

gram

; akin to E.

grim

. √35.]

Angry.

[Obs.]

Havelok, the Dane.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gram

GRAM

Adj.

Angry.

GRAM

Noun.

[Gr. the twenty fourth part of an ounce.]

In the new system of French weights, the unity of weights. It is the weight of a quantity of distilled water equal to a cubic centimeter, or 18 grains French, or du poids de marc, equal to 15.444 grains troy.

Definition 2024

Gram

See also: gram, grām, gräm, gram., and -gram

English

Proper noun

Gram

A surname.
A town in Denmark

German

Etymology

From Old High German gram (adjective). Akin to Frankish gram, Old Norse gramr ‎(“wroth”), French and English chagrin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡʁaːm]

Noun

Gram m ‎(genitive Grames or Grams, no plural)

grief

Declension

Declension of Gram (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gram
genitive	eines	des	Grames, Grams
dative	einem	dem	Gram, Grame¹
accusative	einen	den	Gram

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

gramvoll

gram

See also: Gram, grām, gräm, gram., and -gram

English

Alternative forms

(chiefly dated, British) gramme

Noun

gram ‎(plural grams)

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g

Translations

unit of mass

Afrikaans: gram
Albanian: gram (sq) m
Arabic: جْرَام m ‎(gram), غْرَام m ‎(ḡrām), غْرَام m ‎(gram)
Egyptian Arabic: جرام m ‎(grām)
Armenian: գրամ (hy) ‎(gram)
Asturian: gramu m
Azeri: qram (az)
Belarusian: грам m ‎(hram)
Bengali: গ্রাম (bn) ‎(gram)
Bulgarian: грам (bg) m ‎(gram)
Burmese: ဂရမ် (my) ‎(ga.ram)
Catalan: gram (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 克 ‎(hak¹), 公克 ‎(gung¹ hak¹)

Hakka: 克 ‎(khiet), 公克 ‎(kûng-khiet), 古拉母 ‎(kù-la-mú)

Mandarin: 克 (zh) ‎(kè), 公克 (zh) ‎(gōngkè)

Min Nan: 公克 (zh-min-nan) ‎(kong-khek)
Czech: gram (cs) m
Danish: gram (da) n
Dutch: gram (nl) m
Estonian: gramm
Finnish: gramma (fi)
French: gramme (fr) m
Galician: gramo (gl) m
Georgian: გრამი ‎(grami)
German: Gramm (de) n
Greek: γραμμάριο (el) n ‎(grammário)
Ancient: γραμμάριον n ‎(grammárion)
Gujarati: ગ્રામ ‎(grām)
Hebrew: גְרַם (he) m ‎(gram)
Hindi: ग्राम (hi) m ‎(grām)
Hungarian: gramm (hu)
Icelandic: gramm (is) n
Indonesian: gram (id)
Irish: gram m
Italian: grammo (it) m
Japanese: グラム (ja) ‎(guramu)
Kazakh: грамм ‎(gramm)
Khmer: ក្រាម (km) ‎(kraam)

Korean: 그램 (ko) ‎(geuraem)
Kyrgyz: грамм (ky) ‎(gramm)
Lao: ກຣາມ ‎(ka rām), ກາມ ‎(kām)
Latvian: grams m
Lithuanian: gramas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Gramm m
Macedonian: грам m ‎(gram)
Malay: gram
Maori: karamu, koma
Mongolian: грамм (mn) ‎(gramm)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gram (no) n
Persian: گرم (fa) ‎(geram)
Polish: gram (pl) m
Portuguese: grama (pt) m
Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰਾਮ (grāma)
Quechua: k'isura
Romanian: gram (ro) n
Russian: грамм (ru) m ‎(gramm)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: gram (sh) m

Roman: грам
Slovak: gram (sk) m
Slovene: gram (sl) m
Sotho: geramo
Spanish: gramo (es) m
Swahili: gramu (sw)
Swedish: gram (sv) n
Tagalog: gramo
Tajik: грамм ‎(gramm)
Telugu: గ్రాము (te) ‎(grāmu)
Thai: กรัม (th) ‎(gram)
Turkish: gram (tr)
Turkmen: gramm
Ukrainian: грам (uk) m ‎(hram)
Urdu: گرام m ‎(grām)
Uzbek: gramm (uz)
Vietnamese: gam (vi)
Yiddish: גראַם ‎(gram)

Etymology 2

From Portuguese grão. From Latin grānum.^[1]

Noun

gram ‎(uncountable)

A group of leguminous plants that are grown for their seeds. pulses.
(uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

Translations

Cicer arietinum

Bulgarian: нахут m ‎(nahut)

Anagrams

MAgr

Etymology 3

Diminutive of grandmother

Noun

gram ‎(plural grams)

grandmother

Etymology 4

Old English, akin to grim.

Adjective

gram ‎(comparative more gram, superlative most gram)

(obsolete) angry
- Havelok the Dane
  For he knew, the swike dam, / Euerildel God was him gram.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeəm/, /ˈɡɹæm/

Noun

gram ‎(uncountable)

(US) Misspelling of graham.

References

↑ Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. 1976. pp. 566

External links

gram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

gram m

gram (unit)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur ‎(“resentful, irritated”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡram/, [ɡ̊ʁɑmˀ]

Adjective

gram

irate

Inflection

Inflection of gram
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	gram	—	—²
Neuter singular	gramt	—	—²
Plural	gramme	—	—²
Definite attributive¹	gramme	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

gram i hu

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γραμμά ‎(grammá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡram/, [ɡ̊ʁɑmˀ]

Noun

gram n (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)

gram (unit of mass)

Inflection

Inflection of gram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gram	grammet	gram	grammene
genitive	grams	grammets	grams	grammenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑm
IPA^(key): /ɣrɑm/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French gramme.

Noun

gram n ‎(plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

gram (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gram ‎(“wrath”).

Adjective

gram ‎(comparative grammer, superlative gramst)

(rare) angry, irate

Etymology 3

Substantification of the adjective above.

Noun

gram m ‎(uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)

(rare) wrath

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gram

angry, hostile

Declension

Declension of gram — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gram	gramu	gram
Accusative	gramne	grame	gram
Genitive	grames	gramre	grames
Dative	gramum	gramre	gramum
Instrumental	grame	gramre	grame
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grame	grama, -e	gramu, -e
Accusative	grame	grama, -e	gramu, -e
Genitive	gramra	gramra	gramra
Dative	gramum	gramum	gramum
Instrumental	gramum	gramum	gramum

Declension of gram — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grama	grame	grame
Accusative	graman	graman	grame
Genitive	graman	graman	graman
Dative	graman	graman	graman
Instrumental	graman	graman	graman
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	graman	graman	graman
Accusative	graman	graman	graman
Genitive	gramra, gramena	gramra, gramena	gramra, gramena
Dative	gramum	gramum	gramum
Instrumental	gramum	gramum	gramum

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡram/

Noun

gram m inan

gram (unit of mass)

Declension

declension of gram

	singular	plural
nominative	gram	gramy
genitive	grama	gramów
dative	gramowi	gramom
accusative	gram	gramy
instrumental	gramem	gramami
locative	gramie	gramach
vocative	gramie	gramy

Verb

gram

first-person singular present indicative of grać

Portuguese

Noun

gram m (plural grãos)

Obsolete spelling of grão

Adjective

gram

Obsolete spelling of grão

Romanian

Noun

gram n

gram (unit of mass)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin gramma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrâm/

Noun

grȁm m ‎(Cyrillic spelling гра̏м)

gram (unit)

Declension

Declension of gram

	singular	plural
nominative	grȁm	grȁmi
genitive	grȁma	grȃmā
dative	grȁmu	grȁmima
accusative	grȁm	grȁme
vocative	grȁme	grȁmi
locative	grȁmu	grȁmima
instrumental	grȁmom	grȁmima

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

gram n

gram (unit of mass)

Tatar

Noun

gram

gram (unit of mass)

Declension

declension of gram

Nominative	gram
Genitive	gramnıñ
Dative	gramga
Accusative	gramnı
Locative	gramda
Ablative	gramnan

References

595 gram

Volapük

Noun

gram ‎(plural grams)

gram

Declension

declension of gram

	singular	plural
nominative	gram	grams
genitive	grama	gramas
dative	grame	grames
accusative	grami	gramis
predicative	gramu	gramus
vocative	o gram!	o grams!