drom

See also: dröm, drøm, and DROM

Albanian

Etymology

From Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road”).

Noun

drom ?

1. highway

Synonyms

• xhade

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch droom, from Proto-Germanic *þrumi, *dramjan, related to *þrumjaz (“disturbance, violence”). See also Old Saxon drom, Old English þrymm. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɔm/

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• Hyphenation: drom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

drom m (plural drommen, no diminutive)

1. flock (of people), throng, crowd

Synonyms

• meute

Derived terms

• bijendrom

Descendants

• Afrikaans: drom

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “drom¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute