ram
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).
NounEdit
ram (plural rams)
- A male sheep, typically uncastrated
- A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
- A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 178:
- About a couple of miles out lay an ironclad very low in the water, almost, to my brother's perception, like a water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child.
- A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.
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Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English rammen, from the noun (see above). Compare Old High German rammen.
VerbEdit
ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
- The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.
- Two snatch thieves who snatched a woman’s bag experienced swift karma when their victim accidentally rammed into their motorcycle.
- (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
- After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.
- To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.
- (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- Rammed earth walls
- (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
- 1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica
- like feel a soft butt against their pelvis or ram a girl really hard with piston-like speed while she begs and screams for more
- 1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica
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Etymology 3Edit
Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram (“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish (“rank, offensive in smell”).
AdjectiveEdit
ram (comparative more ram, superlative most ram)
- (Northern England) Rancid, offensive in smell or taste.
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CatalanEdit
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NounEdit
ram m (plural rams)
- bouquet, bunch
- (architecture) flight of stairs
- (figuratively) branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)
Further readingEdit
- “ram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “ram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ram” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”).
NounEdit
ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje n, feminine ooi)
- ram (male sheep)
- male rabbit
- battering ram
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
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ElfdalianEdit
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FriulianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
ram m (plural rams)
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Etymology 2Edit
From Vulgar Latin *arame(n), from Late Latin aerāmen, from Latin aes (“copper”). Compare Italian rame.
NounEdit
ram m
GerkaEdit
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ram
ReferencesEdit
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
- […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: Gerka ram [ɣam, ref. < *ham] [Ftp. 1911, 221] = ɣàm "Wasser" [Jng. 1965, 174], […]
HaruaiEdit
NounEdit
ram
Further readingEdit
- Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, →ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"
KobonEdit
NounEdit
ram
Further readingEdit
- Bernard Comrie, Switch Reference in Huichol, in Switch-reference and Universal Grammar, edited by John Haiman, Pamela Munro, page 29 (in notes):
- hol bɨ kaj pak-ul ram ud ar-bul
- we-two man pig strike SS-1DU house take go I-1DU
- 'we two killed a pig and took it home'
- Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, →ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"
MalteseEdit
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ram m
Middle EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Old English ramm, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ram (plural rams)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ram, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
ram
- imperative of ramme
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin rāmus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raim.
NounEdit
ram m (oblique plural rams, nominative singular rams, nominative plural ram)
- branch (of a tree, etc.)
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ReferencesEdit
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “rāmus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 39
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin rāmus, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).
NounEdit
ram n (plural ramuri)
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RomanschEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
ram m (plural rams)
Alternative formsEdit
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
SynonymsEdit
- (branch): (Puter) manzina
Etymology 2Edit
Germanic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ramō (“frame”).
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NounEdit
ram m (plural rams)
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Etymology 3Edit
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NounEdit
ram f (plural rams)
Alternative formsEdit
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ramr, from Proto-Germanic *ramō (“frame”).
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NounEdit
ram c
- frame (e.g. around a painting)
- frame, boundaries (the set of options for actions given)
- frame (a context for understanding)
- paw (of a bear)
- bicycle frame
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ram | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ram | ramen | ramar | ramarna |
Genitive | rams | ramens | ramars | ramarnas |
DescendantsEdit
- → Finnish: raami
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VietnameseEdit
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