drum

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɹʌm/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈdɹʊm/ Rhymes: -ʌm === Etymology 1 === Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”). ==== Noun ==== drum (plural drums) (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. Synonym: (slang) skins Hypernym: percussion instrument Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. (US) Synonym of construction barrel. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae). (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information. (boxing, slang, obsolete) The ear. ===== Usage notes ===== When used in the plural, "drums" or "the drums" often specifically means a drum kit as used for contemporary styles such as rock or jazz; a classical percussionist would be very unlikely to say that they "play the drums" on a piece, even if the only parts they play are, indeed, drums (as opposed to marimba, xylophone, or similar). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ドラム (doramu) → Korean: 드럼 (deureom) → Mauritian Creole: drom ==== See also ==== percussion ==== Verb ==== drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed) (intransitive) To beat a drum. (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. To throb, as the heart. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for. Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”). ==== Noun ==== drum (plural drums) (now rare) A small hill or ridge of hills. ===== Usage notes ===== Mainly encountered in place names, such as Drumglass and Drumsheugh. === Etymology 3 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== drum (plural drums) (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. [from 18th c.] Folio Society 1973, page 631: (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. [from 19th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== drummer (housebreaker; travelling salesman) === Etymology 4 === Shortening. ==== Noun ==== drum (plural drums) (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc). === References === “drum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === drumu === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum. === Noun === drum n (plural drumuri) road ==== Synonyms ==== cali, sucachi ==== See also ==== cãrari == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English drum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /drʏm/ Hyphenation: drum Rhymes: -ʏm === Noun === drum m (plural drums, diminutive drummetje n) (music) drum, usually one belonging to a drum kit ==== Synonyms ==== trommel ==== Derived terms ==== drummen drumstel == German == === Pronunciation === === Adverb === drum contraction of darum === Further reading === “drum” in Duden online “drum”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === drem (nonstandard) === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch drum, from English drum. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdrum/ [ˈdrʊm] Rhymes: -um Syllabification: drum (common, nonstandard, Dutch-based) IPA(key): /ˈdrəm/ [ˈdrəm], /ˈdrɨm/ [ˈdrɨm], /ˈdrʏm/ [ˈdrʏm] === Noun === drum (plural drum-drum) (music) A drum, usually one belonging to a drum kit A drum, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage === Further reading === “drum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === From the tobacco brand. === Noun === drum m (invariable) roll-your-own cigarette == Megleno-Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos). === Noun === drum n (plural drumur) road == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdrum/ Hyphenation: drum === Noun === drum n (plural drumuri) road ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === stradă cale cărare șosea === Further reading === Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003 “drum”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). === Noun === drȕm m inan (Cyrillic spelling дру̏м) road ==== Declension ====