chum

== English == === Etymology 1 === 1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd (“fellow”), compare brawd (“brother”). ==== Alternative forms ==== choom ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm ==== Noun ==== chum (plural chums) (dated) A friend; a pal. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend (dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → French: chum (Québec) → Kashubian: czum (Canada) → Spanish: chamo (Venezuela) Sranan Tongo: tyamu → Swedish: tjomme (Gothenburg dialect) → Norwegian: tjommi (Bergen dialect) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== chum (third-person singular simple present chums, present participle chumming, simple past and past participle chummed) (intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together. (transitive) To lodge (somebody) with another person or people. (intransitive) To make friends; to socialize. Synonym: chum up (transitive, Scotland, informal) To accompany. === Etymology 2 === Originally American English, from the 1850s. Perhaps from Powhatan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm ==== Noun ==== chum (uncountable) (fishing, chiefly Canada, US) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks. Near-synonym: shark bait ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== chum (third-person singular simple present chums, present participle chumming, simple past and past participle chummed) (fishing, ambitransitive) To cast chum into the water to attract fish. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm ==== Noun ==== chum (plural chums) (pottery) A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually. 1921, A Survey and Analysis of the Pottery Industry, bulletin no. 67, trade and industrial series no. 20, Washington: Federal Board for Vocational Training. Chum,—A mold used on the whirler to hold ware for scraping and finishing. === Etymology 4 === From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”), from Chinook. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm ==== Noun ==== chum (plural chums) Synonym of chum salmon. === Etymology 5 === From Russian чум (čum), from Komi-Zyrian чум (ćum) and/or Udmurt чум (ćum, “tent, shelter”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡ʃuːm/ Rhymes: -uːm ==== Noun ==== chum (plural chums) A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Much, much == Epigraphic Mayan == === Verb === chum to sit == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English chum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʃɔm/ === Noun === chum m (plural chums, feminine blonde or chum de fille) (Canada, informal, Quebec) boyfriend Synonyms: petit ami, ami de cœur, (dated) fiancé, conjoint Coordinate term: blonde (Canada, chiefly slang, Quebec) a friend, usually male; a chum Synonyms: copain, ami Coordinate term: chum de fille ==== Derived terms ==== chum de fille == Irish == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xuːmˠ/, /xumˠ/ ==== Verb ==== chum analytic past indicative of cum === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish dochum. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xunˠ/ ==== Preposition ==== chum (plus genitive, triggers no mutation) obsolete spelling of chun == Mapudungun == === Pronoun === chum (Unified spelling) (interrogative) how == Old Irish == === Verb === ·chum lenited form of ·cum == Palauan == === Etymology === From Pre-Palauan *qumaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qumaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qumaŋ. Cognate with Cebuano umang, Tiruray kumang, Marshallese om̧. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔum/ === Noun === chum hermit crab == Scottish Gaelic == === Preposition === chum (+ genitive) alternative form of chun === Verb === chum past indicative of cum === Mutation === == Vietnamese == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕum˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕum˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [cʊm˧˧] === Noun === (classifier cái, chiếc) chum • (𡓯, 󱝸, 𱗲, 坫, 炶, 𡑓) large jar