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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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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
    17. oppressed, sad
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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