rum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: In common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:
* that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, names for rum also attested in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century,
* that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer,
* that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not originally made with rum),
* that it derives from rum ("fine, good") or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, this origin is now considered unlikely)
Inflected forms:
form: rums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rhum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: ... I went aboard the Fellowship of 100 and 70 Tuns a Flemish bottom, the Master George Luxon of Bittiford in Devonshire, several of my friends came to bid me farewell, among the rest Captain Thomas Wannerton who drank to me a pint of kill-devil alias Rhum at a draught ...
That the former orders concerning rum, sugar, and hammocks be still in force, viz., one half to be forfeited to the King, and one half to the informer.
The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
gloss: A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Jake tossed down three rums.
gloss: A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
gloss: A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A strange person or thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
slang
uncountable
gloss: A country parson.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
slang
uncountable
examples: No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Synonyms: rumbullion
rumbustion
kill-devil
Nelson's blood
strange fish
weirdo
deviant
outlier
Related words: baba au rhum
Derived words: antirum
rumbud
rumdriver
rumhound
rumly
rummery
rummish
rumpot
rumrunner
rumrunning
rumseller
rumshop
Rum-ville
bay rum
bush rum
Cumberland rum butter
hot buttered rum
monkey rum
rum baba
rum ball
rum bosun
rum bud
rum butter
rum cake
Rumchata
rum cherry
rum fit
rum hole
rum mill
rum popo
rum-runner
rumtini
rum tub
sorghum rum
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: rum
lang: Arabic
word: رَم
roman: ram
lang: Armenian
word: ռոմ
roman: ṙom
lang: Asturian
word: ron
lang: Azerbaijani
word: rom
lang: Belarusian
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Bengali
word: রাম
roman: ram
lang: Bulgarian
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Burmese
word: ရမ်
roman: ram
lang: Catalan
word: rom
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 冧酒
roman: lam¹ zau²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蘭姆酒 /兰姆酒
roman: lánmǔjiǔ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 萊姆酒 /莱姆酒
roman: láimǔjiǔ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 朗姆酒
roman: lǎngmǔjiǔ
lang: Cornish
word: romm
lang: Czech
word: rum
lang: Danish
word: rom
lang: Dutch
word: rum
lang: Esperanto
word: rumo
lang: Estonian
word: rumm
lang: Faroese
word: romm
lang: Finnish
word: rommi
lang: French
word: rhum
lang: Galician
word: ron
lang: Georgian
word: რომი
roman: romi
lang: German
word: Rum
lang: Greek
word: ρούμι
roman: roúmi
lang: Hebrew
word: רום
roman: rom
lang: Hindi
word: रम
roman: ram
lang: Hungarian
word: rum
lang: Icelandic
word: romm
lang: Irish
word: rum
lang: Italian
word: rum
lang: Japanese
word: ラム
roman: ramu
lang: Japanese
word: ラム酒
roman: ramu-shu
lang: Kazakh
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Khmer
word: ស្រាអំពៅ
roman: sraaʼɑmpɨw
lang: Khmer
word: ស្រារ៉ូម
roman: sraa roum
lang: Korean
word: 럼
roman: reom
lang: Korean
word: 럼주
roman: reomju
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Lao
word: ເຫລົ້າອ້ອຍ
roman: lao ʼǭi
lang: Latvian
word: rums
lang: Lithuanian
word: romas
lang: Macedonian
word: рум
roman: rum
lang: Malay
word: rum
lang: Manx
word: rum
lang: Māori
word: rama
lang: Neapolitan
word: rùmma
lang: Norman
word: rhunme
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: rom
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: rom
lang: Occitan
word: ròm
lang: Persian
word: رم
roman: rom
lang: Polish
word: rum
lang: Portuguese
word: rum
lang: Romanian
word: rom
lang: Russian
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рум
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rum
lang: Sicilian
word: rummu
lang: Slovak
word: rum
lang: Slovene
word: rum
lang: Spanish
word: ron
lang: Spanish
word: romo
lang: Swedish
word: rom
lang: Tagalog
word: ron
lang: Tajik
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Telugu
word: రమ్ము
roman: rammu
lang: Thai
word: เหล้ารัม
roman: lâo ram
lang: Thai
word: รัม
roman: ram
lang: Thai
word: เหล้า
roman: lâo
lang: Turkish
word: rom
lang: Ukrainian
word: ром
roman: rom
lang: Urdu
word: رم
roman: ram
lang: Uzbek
word: rom
lang: Vietnamese
word: rượu rum
lang: Vietnamese
word: rum
lang: Welsh
word: rym
lang: Zulu
word: ulwamu class 1a/2a