prom

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of promenade. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒm/ Rhymes: -ɒm === Noun === prom (plural proms) (UK) A promenade concert. (UK, abbreviation) A promenade. (US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === prom (third-person singular simple present proms, present participle promming, simple past and past participle prommed) (intransitive, informal) To attend a prom. === See also === dance with the one that brought you === Anagrams === romp == Latvian == === Adverb === prom away off ==== Synonyms ==== projām == Polish == === Alternative forms === pram, prum, prym (Middle Polish) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish prom, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔm Syllabification: prom === Noun === prom m inan (diminutive promik or (rare) promek or (Middle Polish) promnica, augmentative promisko, related adjective promowy) ferry (boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another) (astronautics) shuttle prom kosmiczny ― space shuttle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “prom”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “prom”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “PROM”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (08.05.2023), “*PROM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “prom”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1013 Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “prom”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna == Volapük == === Noun === prom (genitive proma, plural proms) promise ==== Declension ==== == West Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prom/ === Noun === prom c (plural prommen, diminutive promke) (Clay) plum ==== Alternative forms ==== prûm (Wood) ==== Further reading ==== “prom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011