dram
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.
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dram (plural drams)
- (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
- Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
- (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
- (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
- (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
- (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
- a dram of brandy
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, pages 281–282:
- When Friday came to him I bade him ſpeak to him, and tell him of his Deliverance, and pulling out my Bottle, made him give the poor Wretch a Dram, which, with the News of his being deliver'd, reviv'd him, and he ſat up in the Boat […]
- 1920, Marshall Walker, Will E. Skidmore (lyrics and music), “Save a Little Dram for Me”[1]performed by Bert Williams:
- Oh, brethren, if you wants more preachin'
Save a little dram for me (Glory hallelujah!)
Drinkin' gin ain't against my teachin'
- (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- 1946 November and December, “The Saundersfoot Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
- The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery.
- (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
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dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)
- (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
- 1857, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Recollections of a Lifetime:
- What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon.
- (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.
- 1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:
- The parents […] are getting ready their daughter for sale […] praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.
Etymology 2 edit
From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn /drahm/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).
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dram (plural drams)
- (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
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Danish edit
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Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, variant of dragme.
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dram c (singular definite drammen, plural indefinite dramme or drammer)
- dram (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)
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dram
- inflection of drammen:
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakme.
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dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammer, definite plural drammene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakme.
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dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammar, definite plural drammane)
- a dram, nip, shot (usually of akvavit)
- a drink (alcohol)
- Eg skal til kroa og ta meg ein liten dram
- I'm going to the pub to take a drink
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- “dram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *draum.
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drām m
- a dream
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Declension of drām (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | drām | drāmar, drāma |
genitive | drāmes | drāma |
dative | drāme | drāmum, drāmem |
accusative | drām | drāmar, drāma |
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Romanian edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Greek δράμι (drámi), from Byzantine Greek δράμι (drámi), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή f (drakhmḗ, “drachma”).
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dram n (plural dramuri)
- (historical) dram (unit of measurement)
- (figurative) tiny amount
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) dram | dramul | (niște) dramuri | dramurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) dram | dramului | (unor) dramuri | dramurilor |
vocative | dramule | dramurilor |
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).
Noun edit
dram m (plural drami)
- (numismatics) dram (currency of Armenia)
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- dram in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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dram (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)
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- “dram”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018