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Webster 1913 Edition

Rum

Rum

,
Noun.
[probably shortened from Prov. E.
rumbullion
a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.]
A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
Rum bud
,
a grog blossom.
[Colloq.]
–
Rum shrub
,
a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.

Rum

,
Adj.
[Formerly
rome
, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy
rom
a husband, a gypsy.]
Old-fashioned; queer; odd;
as, a
rum
idea; a
rum
fellow
.
[Slang]
Dickens.

Rum

,
Noun.
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
[Slang, Obs.]
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rum

RUM

,
Noun.
1.
Spirit distilled from cane juice; or the scummings of the juice from the boiling house, or from the treacle or molasses which drains from sugar, or from dunder, the lees of former distillations.
In the United States, rum is distilled from molasses only.
2.
A low cant word for a country parson.

RUM

,
Adj.
Old fashioned; queer. [Not in use.]

Definition 2025

Rum

Rum

See also: rum, rúm, rùm, Rùm, rüm, rum-, and rum.

English

Proper noun

Rum

  1. Alternative form of Rùm

German

Noun

Rum m ‎(genitive Rums, no plural)

  1. rum

Proper noun

Rum n ‎(genitive Rums)

  1. A market town in Tyrol, Austria.

Turkish

Adjective

Rum (uncomparable)

  1. relating to Greeks living in Turkey.
    eski Rum evleri
    the old Greek houses

Proper noun

Rum

  1. A Greek person living in Turkey (especially in Istanbul, Izmir and Thrace)
  2. Byzantine, a native of Byzantine Empire
  3. (archaic) Anatolia

Declension

Related terms

rum

rum

See also: Rum, rúm, rùm, Rùm, rüm, rum-, and rum.

English

Noun

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.
    • Jonathan Swift
      No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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
    "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?" - Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
    • 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.
Synonyms

See also

Etymology 3

Shortening of rummy.

Noun

rum

  1. (rare) The card game rummy.

References

  1. ↑ In that year, Connecticut ordered confiscation of "whatsoever Barbados liquors, commonly called rum, kill devil and the like". See Charles A. Coulombe, Rum (2005, ISBN 0806525835).
  2. ↑ Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum (2006, Random House, ISBN 978-0-307-33862-4), pages 34–35.
  3. ↑ “rum” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
  4. ↑ “rum” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  5. ↑ Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits : A Guide to Their History, Production, and Enjoyment (2004, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-054218-7)

Anagrams

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowing from English room.

Noun

rum

  1. room

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rum/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rum m

  1. rum
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rum m

  1. rubble
Declension
Derived terms
  • rumiště

References

  1. ↑ rum² in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ↑ rum¹ in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Danish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

rum

  1. wide, spacious
Usage notes

Only used in the expressions:

  • i rum sø
  • en rum tid

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

  1. room (part of a building)
  2. compartment
  3. space
  4. plural indefinite of rum
Inflection

Etymology 3

See rumme ‎(“to contain, hold”).

Verb

rum

  1. imperative of rumme

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowing from English room.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːm/

Noun

rum

  1. room

References

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Rum.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rum ‎(plural rumok)

  1. rum (a distilled spirit)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rum rumok
accusative rumot rumokat
dative rumnak rumoknak
instrumental rummal rumokkal
causal-final rumért rumokért
translative rummá rumokká
terminative rumig rumokig
essive-formal rumként rumokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rumban rumokban
superessive rumon rumokon
adessive rumnál rumoknál
illative rumba rumokba
sublative rumra rumokra
allative rumhoz rumokhoz
elative rumból rumokból
delative rumról rumokról
ablative rumtól rumoktól
Possessive forms of rum
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rumom rumjaim
2nd person sing. rumod rumjaid
3rd person sing. rumja rumjai
1st person plural rumunk rumjaink
2nd person plural rumotok rumjaitok
3rd person plural rumjuk rumjaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

  • rumaroma
  • rumesszencia

References

  1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English rum.

Noun

rum m ‎(genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)

  1. rum

Declension

References

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English rum.

Noun

rum m ‎(invariable)

  1. rum (distilled spirit)

Derived terms

  • rum fantasia

Kashubian

Noun

rum m

  1. space

Lojban

Rafsi

rum

  1. rafsi of runme.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rum]

Noun

rum m ‎(diminutive rumk)

  1. room, space

Declension

Derived terms

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

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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)

Etymology 2

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 ‎(rūms).

Noun

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)
Descendants
  • Middle English: roum(e)

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

rum m inan

  1. rum

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ũ

Noun

rum m (plural runs)

  1. rum

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

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

Related terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English room.

Noun

rum

  1. room

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

rum

  1. safflower

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm
  • IPA(key): /ruːm/

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