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Gramma
Gramma
Translingual
Gramma loreto
Proper noun
Gramma n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Grammatidae – some of the basslets.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gramma brasiliensis, Gramma linki, Gramma loreto, Gramma melacara (species)
gramma
gramma
English
Noun
gramma (plural grammas)
- (informal) grandmother
Etymology 2
Noun
gramma (plural grammas)
- (Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
- Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
- 1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, page 238,
- Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
- 1952, Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates, page 151,
- The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata) and is classed as a gramma.
- 1983, Margaret Fulton, Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493,
- Gramma, or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
Synonyms
- (Cucurbita moschata cultivar): bugle pumpkin, butternut squash, papaw pumpkin
Finnish
Noun
gramma
Declension
| Inflection of gramma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gramma | grammat | |
| genitive | gramman | grammojen | |
| partitive | grammaa | grammoja | |
| illative | grammaan | grammoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gramma | grammat | |
| accusative | nom. | gramma | grammat |
| gen. | gramman | ||
| genitive | gramman | grammojen grammainrare |
|
| partitive | grammaa | grammoja | |
| inessive | grammassa | grammoissa | |
| elative | grammasta | grammoista | |
| illative | grammaan | grammoihin | |
| adessive | grammalla | grammoilla | |
| ablative | grammalta | grammoilta | |
| allative | grammalle | grammoille | |
| essive | grammana | grammoina | |
| translative | grammaksi | grammoiksi | |
| instructive | — | grammoin | |
| abessive | grammatta | grammoitta | |
| comitative | — | grammoineen | |
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡram.ma/
Noun
gramma n (genitive grammatis); third declension
- gramme (unit of mass)
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gramma | grammata |
| genitive | grammatis | grammatum |
| dative | grammatī | grammatibus |
| accusative | gramma | grammata |
| ablative | grammate | grammatibus |
| vocative | gramma | grammata |
References
- gramma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- GRAMMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gramma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- gramma in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016