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Tam

Tam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Norman

Proper noun

Tam m

  1. (Jersey) A diminutive of the male given name Thonmas

Scots

Proper noun

Tam

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Thomas.

tam

tam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

English

Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of tam o'shanter.
    • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader:
      Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

Etymology 2

From the Cantonese pronunciation of

Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Anagrams


Chewong

Noun

tam

  1. water

References

  • Signe Howell, Society and Cosmos: Chewong of Peninsular Malaysia (1984), page 128

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

  1. teeming, full

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. there (in or at that place or location)
  2. there (to or into that place)

Antonyms

Derived terms


Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam

  1. tame

Inflection

Inflection of tam
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular tam tammere tammest2
Neuter singular tamt tammere tammest2
Plural tamme tammere tammest2
Definite attributive1 tamme tammere tammeste
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.

References


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

  1. tame, not wild
  2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Inflection

Inflection of tam
uninflected tam
inflected tamme
comparative tammer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial tam tammer het tamst
het tamste
indefinite m./f. sing. tamme tammere tamste
n. sing. tam tammer tamste
plural tamme tammere tamste
definite tamme tammere tamste
partitive tams tammers

Anagrams


Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin tam.

Adverb

tam

  1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

See also

  • kam (than, as, to (in comparison))

Kurdish

Noun

tam ?

  1. taste

Derived terms

  • bêtam
  • bêtamî
  • bêtamîtî
  • bêtamtî
  • bitam
  • bitamî
  • bitamîtî
  • bitamtî
  • tamandin
  • tamandî
  • tamdar
  • tamdarî
  • tamdarîtî
  • tamdartî
  • tamder
  • tamderî
  • tamderîtî
  • tamdertî
  • tamdêr
  • tamdêrî
  • tamdêrîtî
  • tamdêrtî
  • tamijandin
  • tamijandî
  • tamijiyayî
  • tamijî
  • tamijîn
  • tamijîner
  • tamijok
  • tamî
  • tam jê hatin
  • tamker
  • tam kirin
  • tamkirî

Adverb

tam

  1. precisely, exactly

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam, num-nam.

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
    Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet
    Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam

  1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "as x, so y"
    • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V
      Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.
      But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Derived terms

Decendants

References


Latvian

Pronoun

tam

  1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

Lojban

Rafsi

tam

  1. rafsi of tarmi.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tam]

Adverb

tam

  1. there (in that place)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated

References


Novial

Adverb

tam

  1. as (comparative)

Coordinate terms

See also


Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam

  1. tame

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ãm]

Pronoun

tam

  1. there

Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of tão

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

  1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms


Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

  1. there
  2. thither

Synonyms

  • (thither): ta

Antonyms

  • (there): tu
  • (thither): sem

References

  • tam in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtám/
  • Tonal orthography: tȁm

Adverb

tàm

  1. there, in that place

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

  1. tame (not wild)

Declension

Inflection of tam
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tam tamare tamast
Neuter singular tamt tamare tamast
Plural tama tamare tamast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tame tamare tamaste
All tama tamare tamaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms


Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

  1. there

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (“three”)

Pronunciation

Numeral

tam

  1. (cardinal, Sino-Vietnamese) three
  2. (ordinal) third; thirdly

See also