ram

See also: Ram, RAM, rám, râm, Râm, and rắm

EnglishEdit

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Wikipedia

A ram (male sheep)

PronunciationEdit

(UK, US) enPR: răm, IPA^(key): /ɹæm/
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Rhymes: -æm

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.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

male sheep

Albanian: dash (sq) m
Arabic: كَبْش‎ m (kabš)
Egyptian Arabic: كبش‎ m (kabš)
Archi: баӏкӏ (baˤk')
Armenian: խոյ (hy) (xoy)
Aromanian: birbec (roa-rup)
Azerbaijani: qoç, qoyun (az)
Bashkir: тәкә (täkä), һарыҡ тәкәһе (harïq täkähe)
Basque: ahari (eu)
Belarusian: бара́н m (barán)
Breton: maout (br) m, tourz m
Bulgarian: ове́н (bg) m (ovén)
Burmese: သိုးထီး (my) (sui:hti:)
Catalan: marrà (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公羊 (zh) (gōngyáng)
Crimean Tatar: qoçqar
Czech: beran (cs) m
Danish: vædder m
Dutch: ram (nl) m
Egyptian:

(zr)
Esperanto: virŝafo
Estonian: oinas (et), jäär (et), lambanahk (et)
Faroese: veðrur m, (archaic) veður
Finnish: pässi (fi)
French: bélier (fr) m
Friulian: roc m
Galician: carneiro (gl) m, marón m, brexo m, borro (gl) m, carnocho m, rexelo (gl) m, bidente m
Georgian: ვერძი (verʒi)
German: Schafbock m, Schafsbock m, Widder (de) m, Hammel (de) m (castrated), Schöps (de) m (castrated; regional, eastern Germany, Austria)
Greek: κριάρι (el) n (kriári), κριός (el) m (kriós)
Ancient: κριός m (kriós)
Gutnish: vädrä m
Hebrew: אַיִל‎ (he) m (áyil)
Hindi: मेंढ़ा m (mẽṛhā), भेड़ा (hi) m (bheṛā), मेष (hi) m (meṣ)
Hungarian: kos (hu)
Icelandic: hrútur (is) m
Inari Sami: vierccâ
Irish: reithe m
Italian: ariete (it) m, montone (it) m
Japanese: 牡羊 (おひつじ, ohitsuji), 雄羊 (おひつじ, ohitsuji)
Javanese: bandhot (jv)
Kazakh: қой (qoy), қошқар (qoşqar)
Korean: 숫양 (sudyang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەران‎ (ku) (beran)

Laki: ڤِرەن‎ (viren)

Northern Kurdish: beran (ku) m

Southern Kurdish: وەرەن‎ (ku) (weren)
Kyrgyz: кой (ky) (koy), кочкор (koçkor)

Ladin: muton m, bagot m, curnëtl
Latin: aries (la) m
Latvian: auns m, tekulis m
Lithuanian: avinas (lt) m, tekis (lt) m
Low German: Ramm m
Luxembourgish: Widder m, Schofsbock m
Macedonian: овен m (oven)
Manx: rea m, conrea m (with undescended testes), faase rea m (half-castrated)
Maori: hipi toa
Mingrelian: ერჯი (erǯi)
Navajo: deenástsʼaaʼ
Northern Sami: vierca
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vær (no) m, saubukk m, sauebukk m

Nynorsk: vêr (nn) m, saubukk m, sauebukk m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: овьнъ m (ovĭnŭ)
Old East Slavic: баранъ m (baranŭ), боранъ m (boranŭ)
Persian: قوچ‎ (fa) (quč), تکل‎ (fa) (tekel), راک‎ (fa) (râk)
Middle Persian: warān
Polish: tryk (pl) m, baran (pl) m
Portuguese: carneiro (pt) m, aríete (pt) m
Romanian: berbec (ro) m, arete m
Russian: бара́н (ru) m (barán), (archaic, poetic) ове́н (ru) m (ovén)
Sanskrit: उरण (sa) m (uraṇa)
Scots: tuip
Scottish Gaelic: rùda m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ован m, баран m (regional)

Roman: ovan (sh) m, baran (sh) m (regional)
Sicilian: crastu (scn) m
Slovak: baran (sk) m
Slovene: oven (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: baran m
Spanish: carnero (es) m, morueco m, ariete (es) m
Swedish: bagge (sv), gumse (sv)
Tajik: гӯсфанд (tg) (güsfand), гӯспанд (güspand), қӯшқор (qüšqor), тагал (tagal)
Tatar: тәкә (tt) (täqä)
Telugu: పొట్టేలు (te) (poṭṭēlu)
Turkish: koç (tr), koyun (tr)
Ukrainian: бара́н (uk) m (barán)
Uyghur: قوچقار‎ (qochqar)
Uzbek: qoʻchqor (uz), qoʻy (uz)
Vietnamese: cừu đực
Volapük: hijip (vo), hojip (vo) (castrated)
Welsh: hwrdd (cy) m (South), maharen (cy) m (North)
Wolof: kuuy mi
Yiddish: ווידער‎ m (vider)
Yoruba: àgbò
Zazaki: beran (diq)

battering ram — see battering ram

warship that sinks other ships by ramming them

Finnish: puskuri (fi)
Greek: εμβολοφόρος πρώρα (emvolofóros próra)

Italian: ariete (it) m, sperone (it) m
Spanish: nave ariete f, nave de abordaje f

piston powered by hydraulic pressure

Danish: stempel, stødslæde
Finnish: hydraulimäntä, juntta (fi)
Greek: κρουστικό έμβολο n (kroustikó émvolo)
Italian: maglio (it) m, maglio idraulico m

Polish: siłownik m
Russian: тара́н (ru) m (tarán), гидравли́ческий тара́н m (gidravlíčeskij tarán)
Spanish: pistón hidráulico m

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Translations to be checked

German: Sturmbock m (2), Ramme f (2), Widderschiff n (3)

Romanian: berbec (1)

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

TranslationsEdit

intentionally collide with (a ship)

Dutch: rammen (nl)
Finnish: puskea (fi)
French: éperonner (fr)
German: rammen (de)
Greek: εμβολίζω (el) (emvolízo)
Italian: speronare (it)

Latin: arietō
Lithuanian: taranuoti
Portuguese: abalroar (pt)
Russian: тара́нить (ru) (taránitʹ)
Spanish: embestir (es)

strike (something) hard

Dutch: rammen (nl)
Finnish: iskeä (fi), lyödä (fi), juntata (fi)
Galician: turrar (gl)
German: rammen (de)
Greek: βροντώ (el) (vrontó)

Kabuverdianu: kalka
Latin: arietō
Russian: забива́ть (ru) (zabivátʹ), вти́скивать (ru) (vtískivatʹ), трамбова́ть (ru) (trambovátʹ)
Spanish: arietar (es), topar (es)

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.

AnagramsEdit

-mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin rāmus

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈram/

NounEdit

ram m (plural rams)

bouquet, bunch
(architecture) flight of stairs
(figuratively) branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /rɑm/
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Hyphenation: ram
Rhymes: -ɑm

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

ram

first-person singular present indicative of rammen
imperative of rammen

AnagramsEdit

arm

ElfdalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ram

hoarse

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

FriulianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin rāmus.

NounEdit

ram m (plural rams)

branch

Related termsEdit

rame

Etymology 2Edit

From Vulgar Latin *arame(n), from Late Latin aerāmen, from Latin aes (“copper”). Compare Italian rame.

NounEdit

ram m

copper

GerkaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ɣam

EtymologyEdit

Related to Ngas am (“water”).

NounEdit

ram

water

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], […]