holm

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /həʊm/, /həʊlm/ (US) IPA(key): /hoʊm/, /hoʊlm/ Rhymes: -əʊm Homophone: home === Etymology 1 === From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur. ==== Alternative forms ==== holme (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== holm (plural holms) Small island, islet. An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot. (dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names. Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding. Synonyms: floodplain, bottomland, bottoms, river-meadow ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly. ==== Noun ==== holm (plural holms) (obsolete outside UK dialects) Common holly (Ilex aquifolium). A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe. ===== Derived terms ===== holming holm oak sea holm === References === “holm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === LMHO, Mohl == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. === Noun === holm c (singular definite holmen, plural indefinite holme) a small island ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== ø === References === “holm” in Den Danske Ordbog “holm” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch holm, from Old Dutch holm, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“small island, hill, mound”), from Pre-Germanic *kl̥Hmos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“hill”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔlm === Noun === holm m (plural holmen, diminutive holmpje n) a small island; an islet == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), though the meaning was influenced by Old Norse holmr. Cognate with Old Saxon holm (German Holm), Old Dutch holm (Dutch holm); also Latin culmen (“peak”); compare culminate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xolm/, [hoɫm] Rhymes: -olm === Noun === holm m (nominative plural holmas) (poetic) ocean, sea, waters Beowulf 49b–50a ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: holm, holme English: holm Scots: holm, houm == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin holmium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɔlm/ Rhymes: -ɔlm Syllabification: holm === Noun === holm m inan holmium (chemical element, Ho, atomic number 67) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === holm in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian холм (xolm). === Noun === holm n (plural holmuri) (Moldavia (region)) hill ==== Declension ==== === References === holm in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xòːlm/, /xóːlm/ === Noun === họ̄lm m inan hill ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “holm”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (see holme). Cognate with Old Norse holmr, Icelandic hólmur, Old Church Slavonic хлъмъ (xlŭmŭ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔlˈmɛ/ === Noun === holm c obsolete form of holme ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Stockholm Holm Holmberg Lindholm === References === holm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)