vom

See also VOM

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

vom (uncountable)

  1. (informal) vomit

Verb

vom (third-person singular simple present voms, present participle vomming, simple past and past participle vommed)

  1. (informal) vomit
    • 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle (page 185)
      Bogle the diplomat tried to hide the sound of his gagging as he vommed the night away.
    • 2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Rhino What You Did Last Summer
      Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp[sic] taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vomō. Compare Daco-Romanian voame, vom.

Verb

vom (past participle vumutã)

  1. I vomit.

Related terms

  • voamire/voamiri, vumeare/vumeari
  • vumut

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫmb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /vɔm/, [vʌmˀ]

Noun

vom c (singular definite vommen, plural indefinite vomme)

  1. belly
  2. paunch

Inflection

Derived terms

  • vommet

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German

Contraction

vom (+ adjective ending with -em + masculine or neuter noun)

  1. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

(noi) vom (modal auxiliary; first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

  1. (we) will
    Vom lua prânzul la ora douăsprezece.
    We will have lunch at 12 o'clock.

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Volapük

Etymology

From English word woman but pronounced in a German way, like so: "voman."

Noun

vom (plural voms)

  1. woman

Declension

Derived terms

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