Hummer
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (HMMWV): hummer
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌmɚ/
- Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Noun edit
Hummer (plural Hummers)
- A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle.
- 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 272:
- Hummers are a somewhat unusual sight in New York. The kinds of people who like them as status symbols often don’t like the city’s narrow, messy street configurations, which can be hard for bulky vehicles to manage.
- (military, slang) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep.
Usage notes edit
Since the introduction of the civilian Hummer in the 1990s, this term has ceased to be used for the military vehicle; the term "Humvee" is typically used instead.
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Etymology 2 edit
German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.
Proper noun edit
Hummer
- A surname from German
Further reading edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hummer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215.
German edit
Etymology edit
16th century, from Middle Low German *hummer, itself from Old Norse humarr, perhaps through early Norwegian (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma, Dutch hommer.
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Noun edit
Hummer m (strong, genitive Hummers, plural Hummer)
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Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate with German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, Icelandic hamar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hummer m (plural Himmer)
Further reading edit
- Hummer in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire