gram

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

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (chiefly dated, British) gramme

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹæm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: graham (GenAm)

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

unit of mass

• Afrikaans: gram
• Albanian: gram (sq) m
• Arabic: جْرَام‏‎ m (gram), غْرَام‏‎ m (ḡrām), غْرَام‏‎ m (gram)

  Egyptian Arabic: جرام‏‎ m (grām)

• Armenian: գրամ (hy) (gram)
• Asturian: gramu m
• Azeri: qram (az)
• Belarusian: грам m (hram)
• Bengali: গ্রাম (bn) (gram)
• Bulgarian: грам (bg) m (gram)
• Burmese: ဂရမ် (my) (ga.ram)
• Catalan: gram (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 克 (hak¹), 公克 (gung¹ hak¹)

  Hakka: 克 (khiet), 公克 (kûng-khiet), 古拉母 (kù-la-mú)

  Mandarin: 克 (zh) (kè), 公克 (zh) (gōngkè)

  Min Nan: 公克 (zh-min-nan) (kong-khek)

• Czech: gram (cs) m
• Danish: gram (da) n
• Dutch: gram (nl) m
• Estonian: gramm
• Finnish: gramma (fi)
• French: gramme (fr) m
• Galician: gramo (gl) m
• Georgian: გრამი (grami)
• German: Gramm (de) n
• Greek: γραμμάριο (el) n (grammário)

  Ancient: γραμμάριον n (grammárion)

• Gujarati: ગ્રામ (grām)
• Hebrew: גְרַם‏‎ (he) m (gram)
• Hindi: ग्राम (hi) m (grām)
• Hungarian: gramm (hu)
• Icelandic: gramm (is) n
• Indonesian: gram (id)
• Irish: gram m
• Italian: grammo (it) m
• Japanese: グラム (ja) (guramu)
• Kazakh: грамм (gramm)
• Khmer: ក្រាម (km) (kraam)

• Korean: 그램 (ko) (geuraem)
• Kyrgyz: грамм (ky) (gramm)
• Lao: ກຣາມ (ka rām), ກາມ (kām)
• Latvian: grams m
• Lithuanian: gramas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Gramm m
• Macedonian: грам m (gram)
• Malay: gram
• Maori: karamu, koma
• Mongolian: грамм (mn) (gramm)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gram (no) n

• Persian: گرم‏‎ (fa) (geram)
• Polish: gram (pl) m
• Portuguese: grama (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰਾਮ (grāma)
• Quechua: k'isura
• Romanian: gram (ro) n
• Russian: грамм (ru) m (gramm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: gram (sh) m

  Roman: грам

• Slovak: gram (sk) m
• Slovene: gram (sl) m
• Sotho: geramo
• Spanish: gramo (es) m
• Swahili: gramu (sw)
• Swedish: gram (sv) n
• Tagalog: gramo
• Tajik: грамм (gramm)
• Telugu: గ్రాము (te) (grāmu)
• Thai: กรัม (th) (gram)
• Turkish: gram (tr)
• Turkmen: gramm
• Ukrainian: грам (uk) m (hram)
• Urdu: گرام‏‎ m (grām)
• Uzbek: gramm (uz)
• Vietnamese: gam (vi)
• Yiddish: גראַם‏‎ (gram)

See alsoEdit

• kilogram
• milligram
• List of SI units

Etymology 2Edit

From Portuguese grão. From Latin grānum.

NounEdit

gram (uncountable)

1. A group of leguminous plants that are grown for their seeds. pulses.
2. (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

TranslationsEdit

Cicer arietinum

• Bulgarian: нахут m (nahut)

Etymology 3Edit

Diminutive of grandmother

NounEdit

gram (plural grams)

1. grandmother

Etymology 4Edit

Old English, akin to grim.

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

Further readingEdit

• gram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• MAgr, marg

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

gram m

1. gram (unit)

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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

• gram i hu

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

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): /ɣrɑm/

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from French gramme.

NounEdit

gram n (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

1. gram (unit of mass)

See alsoEdit

• gewicht
• kilo

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

• gramschap
• toorn
• wrevel

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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

• Dutch: gram

Further readingEdit

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

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑm/

AdjectiveEdit

gram

1. angry, hostile

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gram — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gram	gramu	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, -e
Accusative	grame	grama, -e	gramu, -e
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

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡram/

• Audio

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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

VerbEdit

gram

1. first-person singular present indicative of grać

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

gram m (plural grãos)

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

AdjectiveEdit

gram

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

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RomanianEdit

NounEdit

gram n

1. gram (unit of mass)

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gramma.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâm/

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

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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NounEdit

gram n

1. gram (unit of mass)

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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

• 595 gram

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

gram (plural grams)

1. gram

DeclensionEdit

declension of gram

	singular	plural
nominative	gram	grams
genitive	grama	gramas
dative	grame	grames
accusative	grami	gramis
predicative	gramu	gramus
vocative	o gram!	o grams!