Sam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæm/

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• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈsæːm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Sam (plural Sams)

1. A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
3. A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (cén) or 沈 (shěn).
4. A town in the Alibori department, Benin.
5. A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
6. A town in the Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
7. A village in the Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
8. A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
9. A surname from Khmer
10. (Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.

Derived terms

• Sam Scratch

 

Noun

Sam (plural Sams)

1. (UK, informal) Synonym of Dicky Sam (“a man from Liverpool”)

Derived terms

• Silent Sam

See also

• Sammy

Anagrams

• 'ams, Mas, mas, MSA, -mas, ASM, AMS, M.A.S., MAs, sma, M.A.s, SMA, M. A. S., MAS, A.M.s, asm

Dutch

Etymology

From Samuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑm/

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• Hyphenation: Sam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Sam m

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Sam f

1. a female given name

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with German Saum, English seam, Dutch zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

Sam m (plural Seem)

1. seam, hem

Maranao

Proper noun

Sam

1. Thailand, Siam (a country in Southeast Asia)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya