borm

See also: bórm and bòrm

English

Verb

borm (third-person singular simple present borms, present participle borming, simple past and past participle bormed)

1. (dialect, transitive) To smear with paint, oil, etc.

Anagrams

• MORB, brom-

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• boarm, borbm

Adjective

borm

1. (Sappada) warm

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈborm]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɔrm]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔɾm]

Noun

borm m (plural borms)

1. glanders
2. jellyfish

   Synonym: medusa

Derived terms

• borm blau (“barrel jellyfish”)
• borm de vela (“Portuguese man-o'-war”)

References

• “borm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “borm”, 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