vroom

English

Etymology

Imitative

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /vɹuːm/
(US) IPA^(key): /vɹum/, /vɹʊm/
Rhymes: -uːm, -ʊm

Interjection

vroom

The sound of an engine revving up
I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house.

Translations

the sound of a sports car’s engine

Armenian: ղմ-ղմ (łm-łm)
Dutch: vroem

French: vroum (fr)
German: wrumm

Verb

vroom (third-person singular simple present vrooms, present participle vrooming, simple past and past participle vroomed)

(informal) To move with great speed; to zoom.

See also

putt putt
vroom, vroom

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vrōme, from Old Dutch frumo, from Proto-Germanic *frumô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vroːm/
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Rhymes: -oːm

Adjective

vroom (comparative vromer, superlative vroomst)

pious, devout
Synonym: godvruchtig

Inflection

Inflection of vroom
uninflected	vroom
inflected	vrome
comparative	vromer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vroom	vromer	het vroomst het vroomste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vrome	vromere	vroomste
	n. sing.	vroom	vromer	vroomste
	plural	vrome	vromere	vroomste
definite		vrome	vromere	vroomste
partitive		vrooms	vromers	—

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