English Online Dictionary. What means dam? What does dam mean?
Translingual
Symbol
dam
- (metrology) Symbol for decameter (decametre), an SI unit of length equal to 101 meters (metres).
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /dæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
- Homophone: damn
Etymology 1
From Middle English dam, damme, from Old English *dam, *damm (inferred from derivative fordemman (“to hem in”)), from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Noun
dam (plural dams)
- A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- The water reservoir resulting from placing such structure.
- (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir.
- A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
Derived terms
- backdam
Translations
Verb
dam (third-person singular simple present dams, present participle damming, simple past and past participle dammed)
- (transitive) To block the flow of water.
Translations
References
Etymology 2
Variant of dame.
Noun
dam (plural dams)
- Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I
- she / Resolved that Juan should be quite a paragon, / And worthy of the noblest pedigree / (His sire was from Castile, his dam from Aragon) […].
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, 1992, p.112
- The sky was cloudless—the moon rolled across the surface like a lamb searching for its dam.
- A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Coordinate terms
- (female parent): sire
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
dam (plural dams)
- (India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
- A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
Etymology 4
Interjection
dam
- (slang or pronunciation spelling) Damn.
Further reading
- dam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dam (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Dam in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- ADM, AMD, Adm., DMA, MAD, MDA, adm., mad
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dam, from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Noun
dam (plural damme)
- pond, basin
- dam
Derived terms
- opgaardam
- studam
Arem
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ɗam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *p(ɗ)am; cognate with Vietnamese năm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dam]
Numeral
dam
- five
Further reading
- Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish طام (d̥am, dam), from Common Turkic *tām.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑm/
Noun
dam (definite accusative damı, plural damlar)
- roof
- hovel, shack
- dugout
- cowshed, sheep cote (a structure where animals are held)
- (figuratively) lockup, jail, quod
Declension
Cebuano
Etymology
From English dam, from Middle English dam, damme, from Old English *dam, *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Noun
dam
- a dam; a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow
- a reservoir
Crimean Tatar
Noun
dam
- stable
- roof
- taste
Declension
Synonyms
- (stable): aran
- (taste): lezet, nezet, tat, dad
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dammr (“dam”).
Noun
dam c (singular definite dammen, plural indefinite damme)
- pond
- corf, livewell (for storage of live fish under water)
Inflection
Derived terms
- dambrug n
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French jeu de dames (“draughts”).
Noun
dam c or n
- draughts, checkers
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French dame (“lady”).
Noun
dam c (singular definite dammen, plural indefinite dammer)
- king (superior piece in draughts)
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑm/
- Hyphenation: dam
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Noun
dam m (plural dammen, diminutive dammetje n)
- dam
Derived terms
- beverdam
- lavadam
- muurdam
- rijsdam
- strekdam
- stuwdam
- visdam
- Amsterdam
- Rotterdam
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dam
- → Indonesian: dam (“dam”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama.
Noun
dam f (plural dammen)
- (checkers) king (double draught/checker)
Related terms
- dammen
Descendants
- → Indonesian: dam (“draught/checker(s)”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dam
- first-person singular present indicative of dammen
- imperative of dammen
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin damnum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (obsolete) /dan/, (dated) /dɑ̃/, /dam/
Noun
dam m (plural dams)
- (obsolete except in phrases) damage
- (religion) damnation
Derived terms
- au grand dam de
Related terms
- damner
- dommage
Further reading
- “dam” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- AMD
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin damnum.
Noun
dam m (plural dams)
- damage
Synonyms
- daneç
Related terms
- danâ
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdam]
- Hyphenation: dam
Etymology 1
From Dutch dam (“king (draught/checkers)”), from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.
Noun
dam (plural, first-person possessive damku, second-person possessive dammu, third-person possessive damnya)
- (games) draught (American), checkers (British).
- checker, a pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch dam (“dam”), from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Noun
dam (plural, first-person possessive damku, second-person possessive dammu, third-person possessive damnya)
- dam, a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- Synonyms: bendungan, tanggul
Compounds
Etymology 3
From Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.
Noun
dam (plural, first-person possessive damku, second-person possessive dammu, third-person possessive damnya)
- (Islam) fine, a punishment for breaking the law.
Etymology 4
Symbol
dam
- (metrology) Symbol for decameter (decametre), an SI unit of length equal to 101 meters (metres).
Further reading
- “dam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Pronoun
dam (emphatic damsa)
- Alternative form of dom (“for/to me”)
Lashi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dam/
Adjective
dam
- flat
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Maltese
Alternative forms
- diem
Etymology
From Arabic دامَ (dāma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daːm/
Verb
dam (imperfect jdum)
- to last; to take (time, especially long time)
- Synonym: jtul (imperfect only)
Related terms
- dejjem
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”), from *demh₂- (“to tame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daṽ/
Noun
dam m (genitive daim)
- ox
- c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935) , Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 12, page 2: “Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. [[There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.]”
Descendants
- Irish: damh
- Manx: dow
- Scottish Gaelic: damh
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian dammr m, from Old Norse damm n. The meaning dam (structure) probably comes from Middle Low German [Term?]. Sense 3 is from French jeu de dames.
Noun
dam m (definite singular dammen, indefinite plural dammer, definite plural dammene)
- a pond
- a dam (structure)
- the game of checkers (US) or draughts (UK)
Synonyms
- demning (structure)
References
- “dam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian dammr m, from Old Norse damm n. The meaning dam (structure) probably comes from Middle Low German [Term?]. Sense 3 is from French jeu de dames.
Noun
dam m (definite singular dammen, indefinite plural dammar, definite plural dammane)
- a pond
- a dam (structure)
- the game of checkers (US) or draughts (UK)
Synonyms
- demning (structure)
References
- “dam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daṽ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).
Noun
dam m (genitive daim)
- ox
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d6
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d6
- stag
- (by extension) hero, champion
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Irish: dam
- Irish: damh
- Manx: dow
- Scottish Gaelic: damh
Noun
dam f
- hind, cow (old feminine form of previous)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dam
- inflection of daimid:
- first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct
- second-person singular imperative
·dam
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of daimid
Etymology 3
Pronoun
dam
- Alternative form of dom (“to/for me”)
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dam/
Verb
dam
- first-person singular future of dać
Noun
dam
- genitive plural of dama
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- 𐴊𐴝𐴔𐴢 (dam) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Etymology
From Magadhi Prakrit 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (damma), from Sanskrit দ্ৰম্ম (drámma), borrowed from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Cognate with Bengali দাম (dam).
Noun
dam (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴝𐴔𐴢)
- price
- Synonyms: dor, kimot
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
Noun
dam
- owl
References
- López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía[3] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 14, 23, 40
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑːm/
Noun
dam c
- a lady, a woman
- (card games) a queen
- (chess) a queen
Declension
Synonyms
- (in chess): drottning
Related terms
See also
References
- dam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic [script needed] (tam), from Proto-Turkic *Tām.
Compare Uyghur تام (tam, “wall”), Korean 담 (dam, “wall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑm/
Noun
dam (definite accusative damı, plural damlar)
- roof
Uzbek
Noun
dam (plural damlar)
- bellows
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- đam
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *k-taːm; ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam (“crab”). ‹d› here is the result of lenition (Proto-Vietic *k-t- > Middle Vietnamese ‹d› /ð/ > Modern Vietnamese ‹d›). Compare đam, the form with unlenited initial consonant.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaːm˧˧]
Noun
(classifier con) dam
- (North Central Vietnam) field crab; freshwater crab
Zoogocho Zapotec
Noun
dam
- owl
References
- Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 215