See also: Crom and cróm

Catalan

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Chemical element
Cr
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, color), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (to grind, rub).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crom m (uncountable)

  1. chromium

Further reading

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cromm, from Old Irish cromb (bent, stooped),[1] from Proto-Celtic *krumbos, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz (whence German krumm and Dutch krom). The verb is from Old Irish crommaid (to bend down, stoop), from the adjective.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crom (genitive singular masculine croim, genitive singular feminine croime, plural croma, comparative croime)

  1. bent down, bent over, stooped, hunched

Declension

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Declension of crom
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative crom chrom croma;
chroma2
vocative chroim croma
genitive croime croma crom
dative crom;
chrom1
chrom;
chroim (archaic)
croma;
chroma2
Comparative níos croime
Superlative is croime

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Verb

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crom (present analytic cromann, future analytic cromfaidh, verbal noun cromadh, past participle cromtha)

  1. to bend over, stoop

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of crom
radical lenition eclipsis
crom chrom gcrom

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cromm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

Further reading

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *krumb, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz.

Adjective

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crom

  1. bent, not straight
  2. wrong (morally)

Inflection

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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite crom cromme crom cromme
Definite cromme cromme
Accusative Indefinite crommen cromme crom cromme
Definite cromme
Genitive Indefinite croms crommer croms crommer
Definite croms, crommen croms, crommen
Dative crommen crommer crommen crommen

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: krom
  • Limburgish: krómp

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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crom

  1. Alternative form of crome

Romanian

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Chemical element
Cr
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chrome, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, color), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreu (to grind, rub).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crom n (uncountable)

  1. chromium (chemical element)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative crom cromul
genitive-dative crom cromului
vocative cromule

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cromm, from Old Irish cromb (bent, stooped), from Proto-Celtic *krumbos, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz. The verb is from Old Irish crommaid (to bend down, stoop), from the adjective.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crom (comparative cruime)

  1. bent, curved, crooked, round

Synonyms

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Verb

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crom (past chrom, future cromaidh, verbal noun cromadh, past participle cromte)

  1. bend, curve
  2. bow, stoop
  3. crouch
  4. nod

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Vietnamese

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Chemical element
Cr
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Etymology

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From French chrome.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɹom˧˧], [kəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧] ~ [kəː˨˩ zom˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɹom˧˧], [kəː˦˩ ɹom˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɹom˧˧], [kəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: crôm, cờ Rôm

Noun

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crom

  1. chromium