fram

forth, forward
in a direction that is closer to the exit of the house
Farðu fram í stofu. ― Go to the living room (which is closer to the exit than the room we are currently in).

Antonym: inn
away from the coast
(Suðurland) towards the coast

Derived termsEdit

Compound words:

Other:

frammi

IrishEdit

NounEdit

fram

(In phrase) frum fram (noise, uproar)

Jamaican CreoleEdit

Alternative formsEdit

from

EtymologyEdit

From English from.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹam/
Hyphenation: fram

PrepositionEdit

fram

from
- 2018, Ragashanti, “Man a tell lie pon food”, in The Jamaica Star‎^[1]:
  “Wen him see di caller a come outta har house him hear har a argue wid a man. Di man say him neva waan she order fram di restaurant an tell har not to eva order fram dem again. […] ”
  When he saw the caller exit her house, he heard her arguing with a man. The man said he didn't want her to order from the restaurant and told her not to ever order from them again. […]
A town yuh come fram?
Are you from Kingston?

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fram.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /frɑmː/

AdverbEdit

fram

forward

Alternative formsEdit

frem

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from fram

ReferencesEdit

“fram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fram.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /frɑmː/

AdverbEdit

fram

forward

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

“fram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

from

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *prom-, *pr- (“forward, through”). Akin to Old High German fram (“forth, forward”), Old Norse fram (“forward, onward”, adverb), Old Norse frá (preposition), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /frɑm/

PrepositionEdit

fram

from [+dative]

DescendantsEdit

Middle English: from, fram, vrom, vram; fro, fra, vra, fray
- English: from
  - → Scots: from, frome
- Yola: vrem, vrim, vrom, vreem, vream

AdverbEdit

fram

forward

Derived termsEdit

fram-

Old NorseEdit

DescendantsEdit

Icelandic: fram
Faroese: fram
Norwegian Nynorsk: fram
- → Norwegian Bokmål: fram
Westrobothnian: framm
Swedish: fram
Old Danish: fræm, fram
- Danish: frem
  - Norwegian Bokmål: frem

ReferencesEdit

“fram”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /fram/
Audio (file)

AdverbEdit

fram (not comparable)

forward, in front, forth
- 1907, Laura Fitinghoff, Barnen från Frostmofjället
  Anna-Lisa rodnade djupt när hon ensam gick fram.
  Anna-Lisa blushed deeply when she all alone went forward.
Antonym: bak

Usage notesEdit

Used for spatial, either of movement through or of position in space, as well as temporal adverbials; in the latter usage it will often correspond to later on. It is also a particle used in the formation of Swedish phrasal verbs, e.g. "ta fram" = "bring forth" = "bring out, develop."