erm

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• Rhymes: -ɜːm

Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare um.

erm

1. (Britain) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm.

   She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.

2. (Britain) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.

   Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.

   - Bob would never say something like that!
   - Erm, he just did.

• -mer, EMR, MER, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, mer, mer-, rem, π-mer

From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).

erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)

1. deserted, abandoned
2. uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)

erm m (plural erms)

1. wasteland

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

From Proto-Germanic *armaz.

erm m

1. arm

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: iarem

  Hallig: eerm

  Helgoland: Iaarem

  Mooring: ärm

• Saterland Frisian: Ierm
• West Frisian: earm