see|Rum
English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-rum.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�m|-�m

Noun
en-noun

1. uncountable A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

#: �The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.�

1. countable A serving of rum.

#: �Jake tossed down three rums.�

1. countable A kind or brand of rum.

#: �Bundaburg is one of my favourite rums.�

Translations

Chinese: ���, ���
Danish: rom c
Estonian: rumm
Finnish: rommi
French: rhum m
German: Rum m
Greek: �ο�μι n
Icelandic: romm n
Japanese: ���
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Korean: �
Maori: rama
Neapolitan: rùmma
Portuguese: rum m
Romanian: rom m
Russian: �ом m (rom)
Spanish: ron m
Swedish: rom c

Adjective
en-adj|rumm|er

1. context|British strange|Strange, peculiar.

Quotations

1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
:"Well it is the rummest thing I ever heard of�marrying an old husband again, and so much new blood in the world!"
1951: C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
:"Can't you see him?"
:"Well, I almost thought I did�for a moment. It's such a rum light."
1976: James Herriot, All Things Wise and Wonderful
:"She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum 'un, isn't it?" It was very rum indeed.

External links
w:rum|Wikipedia article on rum

Category:Alcoholic beverages

Danish

Noun
rum n

1. room; part of a building.

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *rūma- (noun and adjective). Cognate with Old Saxon rūm n, rumo|rūmo adj (Dutch ruim n & adj), Old High German rūm n, rumi|rūmi adj (German Raum n), Old Norse rūm n, rúmr adj (Swedish rum n), Gothic ������ n, �������� adj.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-rum.ogg|Audio (US)

IPA: /ru:m/

Noun
rūm m

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

#: Rum wæs to nimanne londbuendum on ðam laðestan...: it was an opportunity for the land-dwellers to seize from the most hated ones... (Judith)

Adjective
rūm

1. spacious, roomy, open

#: �is rume land: the wide world (Cædmon�s Metrical Paraphrase)

1. free, unrestricted
2. expansive, generous
3. long, extended (of time)

Category:Old English adjectives
Category:Old English nouns

Fijian Hindi
Etymology
From E.|hif term|room

Pronunciation
IPA|/ru�m/

Noun
rum

1. room

Category:Fijian Hindi nouns

Portuguese

Noun
rum m

1. same as English.

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-rum.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-n-zero|stem=rumm
rum n

1. room; part of a building.

#: Jag vill ha en lägenhet med två rum = I want a flat with two rooms

1. mathematics|lang=sv space

#: Linjärt rum = Linear space

Vietnamese

Noun
rum

1. safflower

Polish

Noun
rum m

1. rum

Category:Polish nouns
Category:pl:Beverages

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