erm
See also: ERM
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /ɝm/ enPR: ûrm
Audio (US) (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːm/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare um.
Interjection edit
erm
- (UK) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm.
- She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
- (UK) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.
- Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.
- – Bob would never say something like that!
– Erm, he just did.
Translations edit
expression of uncertainty
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)
- deserted, abandoned
- uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)
Noun edit
erm m (plural erms)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “erm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “erm”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “erm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “erm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon arm.
Noun edit
erm m
Inflection edit
Declension of erm (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | erm | ermar, erma |
genitive | ermes | erma |
dative | erme | ermum, ermem |
accusative | erm | ermar, erma |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon *arm.
Adjective edit
erm