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3-letter words (2 found)

DUM,MUD,

2-letter words (2 found)

MU,UM,

You can make 4 words from dum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of dum

dum udm dmu mdu umd mud

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Definitions and meaning of dum

dum

Translingual

Symbol

dum

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Middle Dutch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʌm/
  • Homophone: dumb
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

From Hindi दम (dam).

Adjective

dum (not comparable)

  1. (India, cooking) cooked with steam
Related terms
  • dumpoke

Etymology 2

Interjection

dum

  1. Syllable used when humming a tune.

Etymology 3

Adjective

dum

  1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of dumb.

Etymology 4

Adjective

dum (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of damn.

See also

Anagrams

  • DMU, MUD, UMD, mud

Balinese

Romanization

dum

  1. Romanization of ᬤᬸᬫ᭄

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr (“dumb”), and in the main sense stupid from German dumm. Both from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Low German dumm, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dom/, [d̥ɔmˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Adjective

dum

  1. stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim
  2. foolish, silly, daft

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin dum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dum]
  • Audio:
  • Hyphenation: dum

Preposition

dum

  1. for
    Mi estos en Usono dum du jaroj. ― I will be in the USA for two years.
  2. during
  3. while
  4. whereas

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dum, from Latin dum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dum/

Preposition

dum

  1. during, in (a period of time)
    Il esis absenta dum tri yari. ― He was absent for three years.

Derived terms

  • dume (“meanwhile, meantime”)

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese dum.

Verb

dum

  1. to divide

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dūm (adverb), from *dweh₂- (“long”) +‎ *-m (adverbial suffix). Compare dūdum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dum/, [d̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dum/, [d̪um]

Conjunction

dum

  1. (indicating coincidence of duration): (with indicative) while, whilst, as, meanwhile (as), (for) as long as, until
    Synonyms: interea, interim, quamdiū
    Dum vīxī tacuī, mortua dulcē canō. ― While I lived I was quiet; dead I sweetly sing.
    dum erunt hominēs ― as long as there are humans (as long as humankind exists)
  2. (indicating coincidence of duration): (before a verbal substantive) during
    Synonym: quamdiū
  3. (indicating duration with expectancy): (with subjunctive) until, long enough for
  4. (indicating duration with contingency): (with subjunctive) as long as, (for) so long as, provided (that), on the condition that
    Synonym: dummodo
    Oderint, dum metuant. ― Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Usage notes

Dum offers speakers of Latin the capacity to express duration with coincidence, expectancy, or contingency. Classical authors most often used dum in order to express coincidental duration, and so it was most often accompanied by verbs in the indicative mood; the adverb dummodo was generally used to express aspects of contingency.

Derived terms

Adverb

dum

  1. (Old Latin) for a while, still

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: dun (1861 translation of the Gospel of Matthew), demientres
  • → Esperanto: dum

References

Further reading

  • “dum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • dum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maia

Adjective

dum

  1. wet

Middle English

Adjective

dum

  1. Alternative form of dumb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare English dumb, Danish dum and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Adjective

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummere, indefinite superlative dummest, definite superlative dummeste)

  1. foolish
  2. stupid, silly

Derived terms

  • dumhet

References

  • “dum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dumː/

Adjective

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummare, indefinite superlative dummast, definite superlative dummaste)

  1. foolish
  2. stupid, silly

References

  • “dum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • dun

Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn (“down, feathers”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz. Cognate with English down, German Daun.

Noun

dum m

  1. down, feathers of small birds used as insulation material in duvets and sleeping bags

Descendants

  • Middle French: dun
  • Norman: dùn
  • ⇒ Old French: dumet, dumect
    • Norman: dumet, deumet
    • ⇒ Old French: duvet
      • Middle French: duvet
        • French: duvet
          • → English: duvet
      • Norman: duvet

Old Irish

Noun

dum

  1. Alternative form of daum

Mutation

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t1um (“collection, accumulation”) (compare to Khmer ដុំ (dom, “loaf; piece, block, chunk, part; pile, cluster, bunch”), Eastern Cham ḍaum (“group”)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊm/

Noun

dum

  1. part

Alternative forms

  • dūm

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦢꦸꦩ꧀ (dum)
  • → Balinese: ᬤᬸᬫ᭄ (dum)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dum/
  • Rhymes: -um
  • Syllabification: dum

Noun

dum f

  1. genitive plural of duma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • d'um (dated)

Etymology

From earlier d'um, from de (“of”) + um (“a”, masculine singular indefinite article).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dum

Contraction

dum (feminine duma, masculine plural duns, feminine plural dumas)

  1. Contraction of de um (“of/from a (masculine)”).

Usage notes

  • The contraction of de + um / uma is never obligatory and sometimes associated with spoken language. In a few cases it is not possible:
  1. When de is part of a preposition, as in em vez de:
    Em vez de um escalão ter três anos, ...
  2. When um is a numeral:
    Trata-se de um ou dois dias.

References

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz. More at dumb.

Adjective

dum

  1. stupid; dumb
    Synonym: hoolich
  2. blindly
  3. dizzy

Derived terms

  • Dumstolt

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “dum”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dumber, from Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Norwegian dumb, Danish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Dutch dom and German dumm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɵmː/

Adjective

dum (comparative dummare, superlative dummast)

  1. stupid, dumb
  2. causing trouble or annoyance
  3. (often childish) mean, cruel, misbehaving, naughty

Declension

Derived terms

  • dum i huvudet
  • dum i skallen
  • dumbom
  • dumdristig
  • dumdryg
  • dumhet
  • dumhuvud
  • dumskalle
  • är huvudet dumt får kroppen lida

References

  • dum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • dum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian دم (dom).

Noun

dum

  1. tail

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دام (dām).

Pronunciation

Verb

dum (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵓⵎ)

  1. (intransitive) to last, to subsist, to perpetuate

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • ddwam (“duration, continuity”)
  • ddaym (“eternal”)
  • dima (“always”)

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *delem.

Noun

dum

  1. night

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian دم (dom).

Noun

dum (plural dumlar)

  1. tail

Source: wiktionary.org