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gram

See also: Gram, grām, gräm, gram., and -gram

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), a semantic calque of Latin scripulum (cf. scrupulus), erroneously thought to be derived from scribo (“to write”).

NounEdit

gram (plural grams)

  1. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g
TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin grānum.[1]

NounEdit

gram (uncountable)

  1. A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
  2. (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Diminutive of grandmother

NounEdit

gram (plural grams)

  1. grandmother

Etymology 4Edit

Old English, akin to grim. See grama.

AdjectiveEdit

gram (comparative more gram, superlative most gram)

  1. (obsolete) angry
    • Havelok the Dane
      For he knew, the swike dam, / Euerildel God was him gram.

Etymology 5Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeəm/, /ˈɡɹæm/

NounEdit

gram (uncountable)

  1. (US) Misspelling of graham.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. 1976. pp. 566

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French gramme.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gram m (plural grams)

  1. gram (unit of mass)

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gram m

  1. gram (unit)

Further readingEdit

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur (“resentful, irritated”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡram/, [ɡ̊ʁɑmˀ]

AdjectiveEdit

gram

  1. irate

InflectionEdit

Inflection of gram
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular gram — —2
Neuter singular gramt — —2
Plural gramme — —2
Definite attributive1 gramme — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Ancient Greek γραμμά (grammá).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡram/, [ɡ̊ʁɑmˀ]

NounEdit

gram n (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)

  1. gram (unit of mass)
InflectionEdit
Declension of gram
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gram grammet gram grammene
genitive grams grammets grams grammenes

DutchEdit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French gramme.

NounEdit

gram n (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

  1. gram (unit of mass)
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch gram (“wrath”).

AdjectiveEdit

gram (comparative grammer, superlative gramst)

  1. (rare) angry, irate

Etymology 3Edit

Substantivization of the adjective above.

NounEdit

gram m (uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)

  1. (rare) wrath
See alsoEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

gram (not comparable)

  1. angry

Further readingEdit

  • gram in Duden online

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), a semantic calque of Latin scripulum (cf. scrupulus), erroneously thought to be derived from scribo (“to write”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gram m (genitive singular graim, nominative plural graim)

  1. gram (unit of mass)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gram

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gram graim
Vocative a ghraim a ghrama
Genitive graim gram
Dative gram graim

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gram na graim
Genitive an ghraim na ngram
Dative leis an ngram

don ghram

leis na graim

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gram ghram ngram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

AdjectiveEdit

gram

  1. angry
  2. sad, upset

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “gram”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “gram (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)

NounEdit

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma or grammene)

  1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)

NounEdit

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma)

  1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gram

  1. angry, hostile

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gram — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gram gramu, -o gram
Accusative gramne grame gram
Genitive grames gramre grames
Dative gramum gramre gramum
Instrumental grame gramre grame
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grame grama, -e gramu, -o
Accusative grame grama, -e gramu, -o
Genitive gramra gramra gramra
Dative gramum gramum gramum
Instrumental gramum gramum gramum
Declension of gram — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grama grame grame
Accusative graman graman grame
Genitive graman graman graman
Dative graman graman graman
Instrumental graman graman graman
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative graman graman graman
Accusative graman graman graman
Genitive gramra, gramena gramra, gramena gramra, gramena
Dative gramum gramum gramum
Instrumental gramum gramum gramum

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

gram m inan

  1. gram (unit of mass)
DeclensionEdit
declension of gram
singular plural
nominative gram gramy
genitive grama gramów
dative gramowi gramom
accusative gram gramy
instrumental gramem gramami
locative gramie gramach
vocative gramie gramy

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

gram

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grać

Further readingEdit

  • gram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

gram m (plural grãos)

  1. Obsolete spelling of grão

DescendantsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gram

  1. Obsolete spelling of grão

RomanianEdit

NounEdit

gram n

  1. gram (unit of mass)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gramma.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grȁm m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏м)

  1. gram (unit)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gram
singular plural
nominative grȁm grȁmi
genitive grȁma grȃmā
dative grȁmu grȁmima
accusative grȁm grȁme
vocative grȁme grȁmi
locative grȁmu grȁmima
instrumental grȁmom grȁmima

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gram n

  1. gram (unit of mass)

TatarEdit

NounEdit

gram

  1. gram (unit of mass)

DeclensionEdit

    declension of gram
Nominative gram
Genitive gramnıñ
Dative gramga
Accusative gramnı
Locative gramda
Ablative gramnan

ReferencesEdit

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

gram (nominative plural grams)

  1. gram

DeclensionEdit

declension of gram
singular plural
nominative gram grams
genitive grama gramas
dative grame grames
accusative grami gramis
vocative 1 o gram! o grams!
predicative 2 gramu gramus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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