gramme

See also: Gramme and -gramme

English

Alternative forms

• gram (worldwide spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹæm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophones: gram, graham (some pronunciations)

Noun

gramme (plural grammes)

1. (UK) Dated spelling of gram. (unit of mass)

Derived terms

• cytogramme
• decagramme
• dekagramme
• nanogramme
• picogramme
• teragramme

Anagrams

• gammer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁam/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

gramme m (plural grammes)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Descendants

• → Persian: گرم (geram)

Further reading

• “gramme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.