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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 See also 1.5 Quotations 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Noun 4 Fijian Hindi 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.4 References 5 Kashubian 5.1 Noun 6 Old English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.4 Adjective 7 Polish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Portuguese 8.1 Noun 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Related terms 10 Vietnamese 10.1 Noun

[ English

Wikipedia

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹʌm/
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• Rhymes: -ʌm

[ Noun

Singular rum

Plural rums

rum (plural rums)

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

   “The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.”

2. (countable) A serving of rum.

   “Jake tossed down three rums.”

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

   “Bundaburg is one of my favourite rums.”

[ Translations

Chinese: 蘭姆酒, 兰姆酒 Czech: rum m. Danish: rom c. Estonian: rumm Finnish: rommi French: rhum m. German: Rum m. Greek: ρούμι n. Icelandic: romm n. Japanese: ラム酒

Korean: 럼 Maori: rama Neapolitan: rùmma Portuguese: rum m. Romanian: rom m. Russian: ром m. (rom) Spanish: ron m. Swedish: rom c.

[ Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (UK, colloquial) Strange, peculiar.

[ See also

• rum go

[ Quotations

• 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Chapter 7

  "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, Google Books

  "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, page 346

  "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.

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[ Czech

[ Noun

rum m.

1. rum

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[ Danish

[ Noun

rum n.

1. room; part of a building.

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[ Fijian Hindi

[ Etymology

From English room

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːm/

[ Noun

rum

1. room

[ References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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[ Kashubian

[ Noun

rum m.

1. space

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[ Old English

[ Etymology

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

[ Pronunciation

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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

   Ðis rume land: thee wide world (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

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

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[ Polish

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

rum m.

1. rum

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[ Portuguese

[ Noun

rum m.

1. same as English.

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[ Swedish

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

Inflection for rum	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rum	rummet	rum	rummen
Genitive	rums	rummets	rums	rummens

rum n.

1. room; part of a building.

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

2. room; empty, available space; enough space

   Har du rum i din väska så att du kan lägga ner min bok också? = Do you have space enough in your bag so that you could put my book too in it?

3. (mathematics) space

   Linjärt rum = Linear space

[ Related terms

• få rum
• ge rum
• armbågsrum

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[ Vietnamese

[ Noun

rum

1. safflower