ram

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

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EnglishEdit

A ram (male sheep)

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) enPR: răm, IPA^(key): /ɹæm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æm

NounEdit

ram (plural rams)

1. A male sheep.
2. A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
3. A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
4. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
5. A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ram

• hydraulic ram

• ramequin, ramekin

• ram press

• ramrod

TranslationsEdit

male sheep

• Albanian: dash (sq) m
• Arabic: كَبْش‏‎ m (kabš)

  Egyptian Arabic: كبش‏‎ m (kabš)

• Armenian: խոյ (hy) (xoy)
• Aromanian: birbec (roa-rup)
• Azeri: qoç, qoyun (az)
• 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, stenbukken c
• Dutch: ram (nl) m
• Esperanto: virŝafo
• Estonian: 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 ram), Kolben (de), Stempel (de)
• Greek: κριάρι (el) n (kriári), κριός (el) m (kriós)
• Hebrew: אַיִל‏‎ (he) m (áyil)
• Hindi: मेंढ़ा m (meṇṛhā)
• 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)
• Korean: 숫양 (sut-yang)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌ران‏‎ (ku)

• Ladin: muton m

• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vær (no) m, saubukk m, sauebukk m

  Nynorsk: vêr (nn) m, saubukk m, sauebukk m

• 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)
• Scots: tuip
• Scottish Gaelic: rùda m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ован m, баран m (regional)

  Roman: ovan (sh) m, baran (sh) m (regional)

• 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)
• Telugu: పొట్టేలు (te) (poṭṭēlu)
• Turkish: koç (tr), koyun (tr)
• Ukrainian: баран (uk) m (barán)
• Vietnamese: cừu đực
• Volapük: hijip (vo)
• Welsh: hwrdd (cy) m (South), maharen (cy) m (North)
• Wolof: kuuy mi
• Yiddish: ווידער‏‎ m (vider)
• Yoruba: àgbò
• Zazaki: beran

battering ram — see battering ram

warship that sinks other ships by ramming them

• Greek: εμβολοφόρος πρώρα (emvolofóros próra)
• Italian: ariete (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)

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

• Romanian: berbec (1)

VerbEdit

ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)

1. (transitive) To intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.
2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

   After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.

3. (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

   Rammed earth walls

4. (slang) To penetrate sexually.
   • 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)
• French: éperonner (fr)
• German: rammen (de)
• Greek: εμβολίζω (el) (emvolízo)

• 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)
• German: rammen (de)

• Greek: βροντώ (el) (vrontó)
• Russian: забива́ть (ru) (zabivátʹ), вти́скивать (ru) (vtískivatʹ), трамбова́ть (ru) (trambovátʹ)
• Spanish: arietar (es), topar (es)

See alsoEdit

• Wikipedia article on sheep
• ewe
• hog
• shearling
• teg
• wether

AnagramsEdit

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

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /rɑm/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑm

EtymologyEdit

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)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. male rabbit
3. battering ram

VerbEdit

ram

1. first-person singular present indicative of rammen
2. imperative of rammen

AnagramsEdit

• arm

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ElfdalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ram

1. hoarse

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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FriulianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin rāmus.

NounEdit

ram m (plural rams)

1. branch

Related termsEdit

• rame

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

ram m

1. copper

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GerkaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ɣam

EtymologyEdit

Related to Angas am (“water”).

NounEdit

ram

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Takács, Gábor (1999-2008) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, ISBN 9789004115385, 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], […]

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

ram

1. rafsi of ranmi.

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MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian rame (“copper”).

NounEdit

ram m

1. copper

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

ram

1. imperative of ramme

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Old ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin rāmus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raim.

NounEdit

ram m (oblique plural rams, nominative singular rams, nominative plural ram)

1. branch (of a tree, etc.)

ReferencesEdit

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “rāmus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 39

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin rāmus.

NounEdit

ram n (plural ramuri)

1. (rare) branch, bough

SynonymsEdit

• creangă
• ramură

Related termsEdit

• ramură
• rămuros

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RomanschEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin rāmus.

NounEdit

ram m (plural rams)

1. (Puter) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
2. (Puter, education) subject

Alternative formsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom

SynonymsEdit

• (branch): (Puter) manzina

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

ram m (plural rams)

1. (Puter) frame, framework

Alternative formsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
• (Sursilvan) rama

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

ram f (plural rams)

1. (Puter) knot, gnarl

Alternative formsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

ram c

1. frame (e.g. around a painting)
2. frame, boundaries (the set of options for actions given)
3. frame (a context for understanding)
4. paw (of a bear)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ram
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ram	ramen	ramar	ramarna
Genitive	rams	ramens	ramars	ramarnas

AnagramsEdit

• mar, arm