Complete Definition of "dam"

wikipedia|dab=dam (disambiguation)|dam
Translingual

Symbol
dam

  1. decametre, decameter

Category:Symbols


English

Pronunciation
IPA|/dæm/
audio|en-us-dam.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm

Homophones
damn

Etymology 1
From MD., MLG. dam.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow

Translations
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trans-top|structure placed across a flowing body of water
Arabic: سد
Croatian: nasip m, gat m
Czech: hráz f, p�ehrada f
Dutch: dam#Dutch|dam m
Estonian: tamm
Finnish: pato
French: barrage m
German: Damm m
Hungarian: gát
trans-mid
Ido: aquobarilo
Italian: argine m
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��رب��ست
Polish: tama#Polish|tama f
Portuguese: barragem f, represa f
Romanian: baraj n
Russian: пло�ина f, дамба f
Serbian: nasip, brana, gat
Telugu: వ�త�న (vamtena)
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of dame.

Noun
en-noun

  1. mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (cf. sire)

Verb
en-verb|dams|damming|dammed

  1. To block the flow of water.

Crimean Tatar

Noun
dam

  1. stable
  2. roof

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

Synonyms
aran

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns


Danish

Noun
dam c

  1. pond

Derived terms
dambrug n

Noun
dam c

  1. draughts

Category:Danish nouns with multiple genders


Dutch

Noun
dam m (plural dammen, diminutive dammetje)

  1. dam#English|dam

Category:Dutch nouns


Korean

Noun
dam (Romanization of Korean �)

  1. wall, enclosure, fence

Synonyms
ul (�)

See also
duk#Korean|duk (�)

Category:Romanized Korean nouns


Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-m1|damm

  1. pond
  2. the game of checkers

Rohingya

Etymology
From Bengali

Noun
dam

  1. price

Category:Rohingya language


Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-dam.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-r-c|2=dame
dam c

  1. lady, woman
  2. context|card games|lang=sv queen

#:Ruter dam = Queen of diamonds

  1. context|chess|lang=sv queen

Synonyms
;chess
drottning

Category:Swedish nouns


Turkish

Etymology
Common Turkic *t�m

Noun
dam

  1. roof

Category:Turkish nouns

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