tram

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: trăm, IPA(key): /tɹæm/ (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA(key): /tɹam/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /tɹɛm/ (India) IPA(key): /ʈɾæm/ (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [t̠ᶴɹɛə̯m], [t̠ᶴɹeə̯m], [t̠ᶴɹɛːm] Rhymes: -æm Hyphenation: tram === Etymology 1 === Early 16th century, borrowed from Scots, probably from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of a barrow”), from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch trame (“narrow shaft, beam”), said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word, probably from Proto-Germanic *drum (“splinter, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“peg, post, boundary”), cognate with Latin terminus. Compare Middle Low German treme; West Flemish traam, trame. The popular derivation from the surname of the English pioneer tramway builder Benjamin Outram (1764–1805) is false: the term pre-dated him. The sense of a rail vehicle derives from tram-way, in its earliest sense meaning literally a log-covered road, but later applied to the earliest wooden railways, used for transporting coal in carts which came to be called "trams". ==== Noun ==== tram (plural trams) (Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). Synonyms: streetcar, trolley A similar vehicle for carrying materials. (US, rail transport) A people mover. (US) An aerial cable car. (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train. (British, historical) A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams). (obsolete) The shaft of a cart. (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → German: Tram → Hindi: ट्राम (ṭrām) → Urdu: ٹْرام (ṭrām) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== cablecar light rail streetcar trolley car ==== Verb ==== tram (third-person singular simple present trams, present participle tramming, simple past and past participle trammed) (intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway. (intransitive) To travel by tram. (transitive) To transport (material) by tram. (US, transitive) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the spindle of a mill or drill press, as historically accomplished using a trammel. === Etymology 2 === From Spanish trama, or French trame (“weft”). Doublet of trama. ==== Noun ==== tram (plural trams) (weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== tram (third-person singular simple present trams, present participle tramming, simple past and past participle trammed) (weaving) To weave in this manner. === References === === Further reading === tram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === tarm, armt., RATM, matr-, Mart, mart, Mart. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾam] Rhymes: -am Hyphenation: tram === Etymology 1 === Derived from Latin trāma. ==== Noun ==== tram m (plural trams) section, segment, stretch (of road, etc.) Synonym: secció Un tram de carretera. ― A stretch of road flight (of a staircase) Synonym: ram span (of a bridge) stage (of a rocket) ===== Derived terms ===== tramada === Etymology 2 === Clipping of tramvia. ==== Noun ==== tram m (plural trams) clipping of tramvia === Further reading === “tram”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tram”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tram” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “tram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tram. === Pronunciation === (Northern, Southern) IPA(key): /trɛm/ (Southern) IPA(key): /trɑm/ Rhymes: -ɑm, -ɛm Hyphenation: tram === Noun === tram m (plural trams or trammen, diminutive trammetje n) a tram, a streetcar, vehicle on rails for passenger transport in cities ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === ramt == French == === Etymology === Shortened from tramway. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁam/ Hyphenation: tram === Noun === tram m (plural trams) tram (UK), streetcar (US) ==== Derived terms ==== tram ultraléger === Further reading === “tram”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tram. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtram/ Rhymes: -am Hyphenation: tràm === Noun === tram m (invariable) tram, streetcar, trolley car ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tram. === Noun === tram m (plural trams) (Jersey) tram == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse þrǫmr. === Noun === tram m (definite singular trammen, indefinite plural trammer, definite plural trammene) a doorstep, or stoop (US) === References === “tram” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “tram” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse þrǫmr. Doublet of trøm. ==== Noun ==== tram m (definite singular trammen, indefinite plural trammar, definite plural trammane) a doorstep, or stoop (US); porch === Etymology 2 === Compare Swedish Tremen (“Satan”). First attested in 1698 by Jacob Laugesen Bork. ==== Alternative forms ==== træmen, træmmen (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== tram m (definite singular tramen, indefinite plural tramar, definite plural tramane) devil Synonyms: djevel, hinmannen, meisk, vondemannen, den vonde === References === “tram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “tram” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Tram. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtram/ Rhymes: -am Syllabification: tram === Noun === tram m inan (construction) balk, crossbeam, tie beam Synonym: sosrąb large beam, log, bole Synonyms: bal, kłoda, bela, dyl (gymnastics) boom (a gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits) Synonym: bom ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === tram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tram in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Noun === tram c (slang, countable and uncountable) (a tablet of) tramadol ==== Declension ==== === References === Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang Slangopedia