English

Noun

vom ‎(uncountable)

1. (informal) vomit

Verb

vom ‎(third-person singular simple present voms, present participle vomming, simple past and past participle vommed)

1. (informal) vomit
   • 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle (page 185)

     Bogle the diplomat tried to hide the sound of his gagging as he vommed the night away.

   • 2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Rhino What You Did Last Summer

     Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp^[sic] taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom.

Anagrams

• MOV

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vomu, zvom, zvomu

Etymology

From Latin vomō. Compare Daco-Romanian voame, vom.

Verb

vom (third-person singular present indicative voami/voame, past participle vumutã)

1. I vomit.

Related terms

• voamiri/voamire, vumeari/vumeare
• vumut

See also

• versu

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫmb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔm/, [vʌmˀ]

Noun

vom c (singular definite vommen, plural indefinite vomme)

1. belly
2. paunch

Inflection

Derived terms

• vommet

German

Pronunciation

Contraction

vom (+ adjective ending with -em + masculine or neuter noun)

1. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vom]

Verb

(noi) vom ‎(modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

1. (we) will

   Vom lua prânzul la ora douăsprezece.

   We will have lunch at 12 o'clock.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English woman (woman (truncated) > wom > vom)

Noun

vom ‎(plural voms)

1. woman (adult female human)

Declension

Coordinate terms

• man

Hypernyms

• men
• nim

Derived terms