rum

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌm/

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• Rhymes: -ʌm

In common use since by at least 1654,[1] of uncertain origin. Theories include:

• that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),[2]
• that it is a shortening of rumbullion[3] or rumbustion,[4] or
• that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
• that it derives from rummer, from Dutch[5]

rum (countable and uncountable, 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.

   Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.

4. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
5. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Jonathan Swift

     No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

From the earlier form rome, slang for good; possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]

   having a rum time

2. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]

   a rum idea; a rum fellow

   • 1837-9, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:

     "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"

   • 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.

• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange

• rum go

rum (plural rums)

1. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

Shortening of rummy.

rum

1. (rare) The card game rummy.

• MRU, RMU, URM

Borrowed from English room.

rum

1. room

• IPA^(key): /rum/

Borrowed from German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.[1]

rum m

1. rum

Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).[2]

rum m

1. rubble

• rumiště

• IPA^(key): /rom/, [ʁɔmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”).

rum

1. wide, spacious

Only used in the expressions:

• i rum sø
• en rum tid

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”).

rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

1. room (part of a building)
2. compartment
3. (chiefly definite) space (the universe except Earth and its atmosphere)

   De fravalgte at udforske rummet.

   They chose not to explore space.

See rumme (“to contain, hold”).

rum

1. imperative of rumme

Borrowed from English rum.

• IPA^(key): /rʏm/

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• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -ʏm

rum m (uncountable)

1. rum (alcoholic beverage)

• rumboon

Borrowed from English room.

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/

rum

1. room

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

From dialectal German (e)rum, reduced form of herum and in some dialects darum.

• IPA^(key): /ʁʊm/

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rum

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of herum (“around”)

• While most or all instances of standard herum can be replaced with rum in the vernacular, compounds that are inherently colloquial will typically sound odd when herum is used in them. These will appear in writing with rum or not at all.

• rumballern
• rumeiern
• rumsitzen
• rumstehen

rum

1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌼

From German Rum.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈrum]
• Hyphenation: rum

rum (plural rumok)

1. rum (a distilled spirit)

• rumos

(Compound words):

• rumaroma
• rumesszencia

Borrowed from English rum.

rum m (genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)

1. rum

• "rum" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

• rhum

Borrowed from English rum.

rum m (invariable)

1. rum (distilled spirit)

• rum fantasia

rum m

1. space

Borrowed from German Low German Ruum, from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

• IPA^(key): [rum]

rum m (diminutive rumk)

1. room, space

• rumašk
• rumejza
• rumnosć
• rumny
• rumowaŕ
• rumowaś
• rumowy

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/

From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).

rūm

1. spacious, roomy, open

   Ðis rume land ― the wide world

   (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

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

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Old Norse rūm (Danish and Swedish rum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).

rūm n

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)

• ġerūm

• Middle English: roum, roume
  • English: room

Compare German herum.

rum

1. around

• IPA^(key): /rum/

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rum m inan

1. rum

• Rhymes: -ũ

rum m (plural runs)

1. rum

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

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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 enough space in your bag so that you could put my book too in it?

3. (mathematics) space

   Linjärt rum

   Linear space

From English room.

rum

1. room

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐum˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹʊm˧˧]

rum

1. safflower