English

Proper noun

Sam ‎(plural Sams)

1. A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.

Noun

Sam ‎(uncountable)

1. (Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.

Derived terms

• Silent Sam

See also

• Sammy

Anagrams

• AMS, MAS, MAs, mas, MSA

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German soum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with German Saum, English seam, Dutch zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

Sam m ‎(plural Seem)

1. seam, hem

English

Alternative forms

• SAM

Acronym

sam

1. Surface-to-air missile

Etymology 2

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian ‎(“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną ‎(“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‎(“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen ‎(“to collect”), German sammeln ‎(“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla ‎(“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna ‎(“to gather, collect”). More at same.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæm/

Alternative forms

• samen

Verb

sam ‎(third-person singular simple present sams, present participle samming, simple past and past participle sammed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To assemble.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
4. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To assemble; come together.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).

Usage notes

• Often used with together or up

Derived terms

• stand sam
• upon my sam

Adverb

sam ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) together
   • Spenser

     Now are they saints in all in that city sam.

Etymology 3

From Middle English sam- ‎(prefix), from Old English sām- ‎(“half-; partly; incompletely”), from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- ‎(“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- ‎(“half”). Cognate with semi- (via Latin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæm/

Adjective

sam ‎(not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
2. (of food) Half-heated.

Related terms

• sammy
• sandblind

Etymology 4

Possibly from Uncle Sam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæm/

Noun

sam ‎(plural sams)

1. (slang) Federal narcotics agent.

Anagrams

• AMS, MAS, MAs, mas, MSA

Charrua

Numeral

sam

1. two

References

• El último charrúa: de Salsipuedes a la actualidad (1996)
• Idioma español y habla criolla: Charrúas y vilelas (1968)
• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 62

Chuukese

Noun

sam

1. father

Lojban

Rafsi

sam

1. rafsi of skami.

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sam.

Noun

sam

1. hair (of the head)
2. antenna (of insects)

Etymology 2

Adjective

sam

1. easy, simple

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *samos ‎(“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ամառն ‎(amaṙn)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saṽ/

Noun

sam m ‎(genitive unattested, no plural)

1. summer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• samrad

Mutation

References

• “1 sam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s̪ãm]

Adjective

sam m ‎(not always comparable, comparative bardziej sam, superlative najbardziej sam)

1. (comparable) alone
2. (not comparable) myself, yourself, himself, etc. (emphatic determiner, used similarly to "no other than" or "the very", as in "I myself")

Declension

Usage notes

• May be also used in an adverbial meaning of "by oneself" or "on one's own", similar to English alone; in this meaning, it still behaves like an adjective grammatically, and is not comparable.

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

sam

1. skin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Adjective

sȃm ‎(definite sȃmī, Cyrillic spelling са̑м)

1. alone, sole
2. the very
3. unaided, single-handed
4. absolute, mere, unmixed
5. solitary, secluded

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *(j)esmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi.

Verb

sȁm ‎(Cyrillic spelling са̏м)

1. first-person singular present tense enclitic form of biti.

   Tu sam. — I'm here.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsáːm/
• Tonal orthography: sȃm

Adjective

sám ‎(not comparable)

1. alone, sole
2. unaided, single-handed, by oneself

Declension

Derived terms

• sámost
• samoglásnik
• samomòr
• samostálnik
• samoróg
• samostán