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pram

See also: Pram, PRAM, prám, pråm, prăm, and прам

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Etymology 1 edit

 

Clipping of perambulator.

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pram (plural prams) (UK, Australia, New Zealand)

  1. A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
    Synonyms: perambulator, (US) baby carriage
    Coordinate terms: baby buggy, pushchair, pusher, stroller
    • 1975, Margaret Drabble, The Realms of Gold‎[1], published 1977, page 127:
      Janet Bird née Ollerenshaw was pushing her pram along Tockley High Street.
    • 2006, Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale‎[2]:
      For a start the pram was heavier than it appeared, and also they were pulling it along very uneven ground. The edge of the field was slightly banked which tilted the pram at an angle.
    • 2012, Ramsey Campbell, Dark Companions‎[3], page 233:
      Stepping over her, he unbuttoned the pram′s apron and pulled it back.
      At first he couldn′t make out what the pram contained. He had to crane himself over, holding his body back from the obscuring light. The pram was full of groceries—cabbage, sprouts, potatoes.
    • 2023 August 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Family-friendly travel: new standard covers pushchairs”, in RAIL, number 989, page 26:
      The Key Train Requirements document, released in July by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), includes a new clause covering people travelling with pushchairs. It highlights the need for space in carriages for unfolded pushchairs or prams, separate from areas for wheelchairs and cycles. It also recommends extending seat reservations to include pram spaces.
  2. (colloquial, loosely) A pushchair; a buggy.
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Etymology 2 edit

 
The Optimist, a typical modern pram used to train children to sail.

From Dutch praam (“a flat-bottomed boat”), from Middle Dutch praem, from Middle Low German prām, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ. Doublet of farm.

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pram (plural prams)

  1. (nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
  2. (nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
  3. A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
    • August 1979, F. M. Paulson, “Car-topable Craft”, in Field & Stream‎[4], page 50:
      Although the pram, like the johnboat, has a squared-off bow as well as stern, the bow lines on the pram will be narrower than those encountered on a johnboat.
    • 1994, Dave Hughes, Fly Fishing Basics‎[5]:
      Nothing can beat the simple pleasure of paddling a pram around on a foggy dawn, probing pad flats, stumps and fallen logs for lurking bass.
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Deverbal from pramen.

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pram m (plural prammen, diminutive prammetje n)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) A boob, a tit.
    Synonyms: borst, jetser, mem, tiet
  2. (obsolete) A breast of a breastfeeding woman or a teat of a suckling female.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Norse prámr, from Middle Low German prām, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.

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pram m (definite singular prammen, indefinite plural prammar, definite plural prammane)

  1. a rowboat without a keel, a pram
  2. a barge

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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.

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  • IPA(key): /prâm/
  • Hyphenation: pram

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prȁm m (Cyrillic spelling пра̏м)

  1. (historical, seafaring) ferry
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Declension of pram
singular plural
nominative pram pramovi
genitive prama pramova
dative pramu pramovima
accusative pram pramove
vocative prame pramovi
locative pramu pramovima
instrumental pramom pramovima

Etymology 2 edit

From prȁmēn.

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prȃm m (Cyrillic spelling пра̑м)

  1. lock, tuft
Declension edit
Declension of pram
singular plural
nominative pram prami
genitive prama prama
dative pramu pramima
accusative pram prame
vocative prame prami
locative pramu pramima
instrumental pramom pramima

References edit

  • “pram” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “pram” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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