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rum

Translingual

Symbol

rum

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Romanian.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌm/
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:

• that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
• that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
• that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
• that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer

Alternative forms

• rhum (Philippines)

Noun

rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)

2. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

   Coordinate term: grog

   1. (countable) A serving of rum.

   2. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.

3. (obsolete, slang) A strange person or thing.
4. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.

Synonyms

• (spirit): rumbullion (obsolete)
• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

Derived terms

Related terms

• baba au rhum

Descendants

Translations

Etymology 2

From the earlier form rome (“good”, slang); possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]

2. (UK, informal, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]

   a rum idea; a rum fellow

Synonyms

• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

• rum deal
• rum go

Noun

rum (plural rums)

1. (British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

Derived terms

• rum cull

Etymology 3

Shortening of rummy.

Noun

rum

1. (rare) The card game rummy.

Derived terms

References

See also

• rum-tum, rum tum ditty (probably etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• rum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “rum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rum, sb.¹”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rum, sb.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886, column 3.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rum, sb.³”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886, column 3.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rum, a.¹”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 886, column 3.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rum, a.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 886–887.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rum, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 887, column 1.

Anagrams

• MRU, Mru, RMU, URM

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Noun

rum

1. room

Classical Gaelic

Pronoun

rum

1. first-person singular of re

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrum]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.

Noun

rum m inan

1. rum

Declension

Etymology 2

Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).

Noun

rum m inan

1. rubble

   Synonym: suť

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “rum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /romˀ/, [ˈʁɔmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”), cognate with English room, German Raum, Dutch ruim, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼 (rum).

Noun

rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

1. room (part of a building)
2. compartment
3. (chiefly definite) space (the universe except Earth and its atmosphere)

   rumfarttøj (“space vehicle”), rumrejse (“space travel”)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”), cognate with English room (archaic), German raum (archaic), Dutch ruim, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums). Related to the noun.

Adjective

rum (neuter rumt, plural and definite singular attributive rumme)

2. (archaic) wide, spacious

   in the modern language only in the expressions i rum sø (“in open sea”) and rum tid (“long time”)

Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rum

1. imperative of rumme

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʏm/
• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -ʏm

Noun

rum m (uncountable)

1. rum (alcoholic beverage)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Negerhollands: roem, rum

Further reading

• rum (drank) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/

Noun

rum

1. room

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

German

Etymology

From dialectal German (e)rum, reduced form of herum and in some dialects darum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁʊm/

Adverb

rum

1. (colloquial) alternative form of herum (“around”)

Usage notes

• While most or all instances of standard herum can be replaced with rum in the vernacular, compounds that are inherently colloquial will typically sound odd when herum is used in them. These will appear in writing with rum or not at all.

Derived terms

• rumballern
• rumeiern
• rumsitzen
• rumstehen

Gothic

Romanization

rum

1. romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌼

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rum, from English rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrum]
• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

rum (plural rumok)

1. rum (a distilled spirit)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• rum in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Noun

rum m (genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)

1. rum

Declension

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Alternative forms

• rhum

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrum/
• Rhymes: -um
• Hyphenation: rùm

Noun

rum m (invariable)

1. rum (distilled spirit)

Derived terms

• rum fantasia

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Ruum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrum/
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: rum

Noun

rum m inan

1. room, space

Further reading

• “rum”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Ruum, from Middle Low German rûm, Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rum]

Noun

rum m inan (diminutive rumk)

1. room, space

Declension

Derived terms

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *rūm. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).

Adjective

rūm

1. spacious, roomy
2. long, extended (of time)
3. liberal, extensive, ample, abundant, bountiful, expansive, generous

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *rūm.

Noun

rūm n or m

1. room, space
2. a space of time, an interval
3. opportunity

Declension

Neuter

Strong a-stem:

Masculine

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

• ġerūm

Descendants

• Middle English: roum, roume
  • English: room

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German herum.

Adverb

rum

1. around

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrum/
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: rum

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rum.

Noun

rum m inan

1. rum (distilled spirit)
2. rum (serving)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle High German rūm, roum, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

Noun

rum m inan

1. (archaic, geology) broken debris, rock crumbs

Declension

Further reading

• rum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: rum

Noun

rum m (plural runs)

1. rum

Romanian

Noun

rum n (plural rumuri)

1. alternative form of rom

Sumerian

Romanization

rum

1. romanization of 𒀸 (rum)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɵm/

Noun

rum n

1. a room (in a building)

2. space, room

3. (mathematics) a space

   vektorrum ― vector space

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• plats

References

• rum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• mur

Tarifit

Noun

rum pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵓⵎ)

1. alternative spelling of řum: straw

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English room.

Noun

rum

1. room

Derived terms

• masin bilong hatim rum (“heater”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐum˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹʊm˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây, hoa, bông) rum

1. safflower

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con) rum

1. (North Central Vietnam) sea cucumber

Source: wiktionary.org