Bloom

== English == === Etymology === English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) Swedish Blom Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) Spelling variant of Blum === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bluːm/ Rhymes: -uːm === Proper noun === Bloom A surname. A place in the United States: A ghost town in Otero County, Colorado. An unincorporated community and township in Ford County, Kansas. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin. A number of other townships, including in Illinois, Kansas (2 or 3), Minnesota, Ohio (5), and Pennsylvania, listed under Bloom Township. ==== Derived terms ==== Bloomsday === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bloom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175. == German Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German blôme, from Old Saxon blōmo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō. Akin to German Blume, Dutch bloem, Dutch Low Saxon bloom, English bloom, Danish blomme, Swedish blomma; also compare Latin flōs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbloʊm/ === Noun === Bloom f (plural Blomen or Blööm) (botany) flower; blossom; bloom (chemistry) efflorescence (heraldry) flower (hunting) tail, scut (of a hare) nose, bouquet (of a wine) ==== Derived terms ==== Blomenstruuß Blomenstrüüschen Blöömken ==== Related terms ==== Blatt n blöhen Blööt f == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === bluum (Föhr-Amrum) blööm (Mooring) === Etymology === From Old Frisian blōma, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō. Cognates include West Frisian blom. === Noun === Bloom m (plural blööme) (Sylt) flower == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German blôme, from Old Saxon blōmo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō. === Noun === Bloom f (plural Bloomen) flower, bloom ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words