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trom

trom

See also: trộm

Danish

Verb

trom

  1. imperative of tromme

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

trom f, m ‎(plural trommen, diminutive trommetje n)

  1. drum

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Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Galway) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɾˠuːmˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish trom ‎(“elder-tree”).

Noun

trom m ‎(genitive singular troim, nominative plural troim)

  1. elder (tree, bush)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish trom ‎(“heavy”), from Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Adjective

trom ‎(genitive singular masculine trom, genitive singular feminine troime, plural troma, comparative troime)

  1. heavy
    1. of great weight
    2. of high specific gravity
    3. of heavy texture
    4. stodgy; hard to digest
    5. dense, thick
    6. abundant
    7. of great force or intensity
    8. laborious
    9. burdensome
    10. grievous, severe
    11. harsh, tyrannous
    12. unsparing
    13. sultry, oppressive
    14. weighty, profound; important
    15. dull, tedious
    16. laboured
      1. drowsy
      2. deep, slumberous
    18. oppressed, sad
Declension
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Derived terms

Noun

trom m ‎(genitive singular trom, nominative plural troma)

  1. weight
    1. a weight; burden, oppression
    2. (abstract) weight
  2. bulk, preponderance
  3. importance
  4. blame, censure
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trom throm dtrom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "trom" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 trom” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 trom” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Adjective

trom

  1. heavy (weight)
  2. heavy, severe, grievous, difficult
  3. (by extension) sad, sorrowful
  4. great, vast, powerful, mighty

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

trom n

  1. weight, heaviness, burden
  2. greater part, bulk
  3. severity, distress, difficulty, sorrow
  4. blame, censure

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
trom throm trom
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Etymology

From troar.

Pronunciation

Noun

trom m (plural trons)

  1. boom (loud, resonant sound)

Synonyms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish trom, from Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Adjective

trom ‎(comparative truime)

  1. heavy
  2. hard, difficult
  3. weighty, serious
  4. depressed, melancholy
  5. addicted
    Tha e trom air òl. / Tha e trom air an deoch.‎ ― He's a heavy drinker.
    Tha mi trom air an tombaca.‎ ― I'm a heavy smoker.
  6. (typography) bold
    clò trom‎ ― bold type
  7. pregnant (with child)

Usage notes

  • In connection with "love" can precede (and lenite) the noun:
    Ghabh e trom ghaol oirre.‎ ― He fell madly in love with her.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trôm/

Adjective

trȍm ‎(definite trȍmī, comparative tromiji, Cyrillic spelling тро̏м)

  1. sluggish, slow

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromi troma tromo
genitive tromog(a) trome tromog(a)
dative tromom(u/e) tromoj tromom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		tromi
tromog(a)		 tromu tromo
vocative tromi troma tromo
locative tromom(e/u) tromoj tromom(e/u)
instrumental tromim tromom tromim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromi trome troma
genitive tromih tromih tromih
dative tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
accusative trome trome troma
vocative tromi trome troma
locative tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
instrumental tromim(a) tromim(a) tromim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromiji tromija tromije
genitive tromijeg(a) tromije tromijeg(a)
dative tromijem(u) tromijoj tromijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		tromiji
tromijeg(a)		 tromiju tromije
vocative tromiji tromija tromije
locative tromijem(u) tromijoj tromijem(u)
instrumental tromijim tromijom tromijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tromiji tromije tromija
genitive tromijih tromijih tromijih
dative tromijim(a) tromijim(a) tromijim(a)
accusative tromije tromije tromija
vocative tromiji tromije tromija
locative tromijim(a) tromijim(a) tromijim(a)
instrumental tromijim(a) tromijim(a) tromijim(a)

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