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tram rtam tarm atrm ratm artm trma rtma tmra mtra rmta mrta tamr atmr tmar mtar amtr matr ramt armt rmat mrat amrt mart

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Definitions and meaning of tram

tram

Pronunciation

• enPR: trăm, IPA^(key): /tɹæm/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [tɹɛəm], [tɹeəm], [tɹɛːm]
• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

Possibly from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of a barrow”), from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch trame (“narrow shaft, beam”), said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word, probably from Proto-Germanic *drum (“splinter, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“peg, post, boundary”), cognate with Latin terminus.

Compare Middle Low German treme; West Flemish traam, trame.

The popular derivation from the surname of the English pioneer tramway builder Benjamin Outram (1764–1805) is false: the term pre-dated him.

Noun

tram (plural trams)

1. (Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

   Synonyms: streetcar, trolley
2. A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
3. (US, rail transport) A people mover.
4. (US) An aerial cable car.
5. (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
6. (British English, historical) A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
7. (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
8. (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → German: Tram
• → Hindi: ट्राम (ṭrām)
• → Urdu: ٹرام

Translations

See also

• cablecar
• light rail
• streetcar
• trolley car

Verb

tram (third-person singular simple present trams, present participle tramming, simple past and past participle trammed)

1. (intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
2. (intransitive) To travel by tram.
3. (transitive) To transport (material) by tram.
4. (US, transitive) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.

Etymology 2

From Spanish trama, or French trame (“weft”). Doublet of trama.

Noun

tram (plural trams)

1. (weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

Derived terms

Verb

tram (third-person singular simple present trams, present participle tramming, simple past and past participle trammed)

1. (weaving) To weave in this manner.

References

Further reading

• tram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mart., RATM, mart, matr-, tarm

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtɾam]

Etymology 1

From Latin trama.

Noun

tram m (plural trams)

1. section, segment, stretch (of road, etc.)

   Synonym: secció

   Un tram de carretera. ― A stretch of road

2. flight (of a staircase)

   Synonym: ram

3. span (of a bridge)
4. stage (of a rocket)

Etymology 2

Noun

tram m (plural trams)

1. Clipping of tramvia.

Further reading

• “tram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tram”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tram” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tram.

Pronunciation

• (Northern) IPA^(key): /trɛm/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /trɑm/, /trɛm/
• Hyphenation: tram
• Rhymes: -ɑm, -ɛm

Noun

tram m (plural trams or trammen, diminutive trammetje n)

1. A tram, a streetcar, vehicle on rails for passenger transport in cities.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• ramt

French

Etymology

Shortened from tramway.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁam/

Noun

tram m (plural trams)

1. tram (UK), streetcar (US)

Derived terms

• tram ultraléger

Further reading

• “tram”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtram/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: tràm

Noun

tram m (invariable)

1. tram, streetcar, trolley car

Related terms

References

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English tram.

Noun

tram m (plural trams)

1. (Jersey) tram

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þrǫmr.

Noun

tram m (definite singular trammen, indefinite plural trammer, definite plural trammene)

1. a doorstep, or stoop (US)

References

• “tram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tram” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þrǫmr. Doublet of trøm.

Noun

tram m (definite singular trammen, indefinite plural trammar, definite plural trammane)

1. a doorstep, or stoop (US); porch

References

• “tram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tram/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: tram

Noun

tram m inan

1. (construction) balk, crossbeam, tie beam

   Synonym: sosrąb

2. large beam, log, bole

   Synonyms: bal, kłoda, bela, dyl

3. boom (a gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam)

   Synonym: bom

Declension

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

tram c

1. (slang, countable and uncountable) (a tablet of) tramadol

Declension

References

• Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang
• Slangopedia

Source: wiktionary.org