dum

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dum"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Dutch, middle.

Symbol

dum

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Middle Dutch.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Middle Dutch terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌm/
• Homophone: dumb
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

From Hindi दम (dam).

Adjective

dum (not comparable)

1. (India, cooking) cooked with steam

Related terms

• dumpoke

Etymology 2

Interjection

dum

1. Syllable used when humming a tune.
   • 2012, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Who is the Doctor:

     I like to hang out with friends and travel the world. But if there's one thing I really love, it's Doctor Who. Dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum. Whooo-eee-oooo dum de dum, de dum de dum.

Etymology 3

Adjective

dum

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of dumb.

Etymology 4

Adjective

dum (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of damn.

See also

etymologically unrelated terms

• ba-dum ching
• ba dum tish
• ba dum tss
• dum-dum
• dum dum
• dum dum bullet
• dum palm
• Tweedle-dum

Anagrams

• DMU, MUD, UMD, mud

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese dum.

Verb

dum (Balinese script ᬤᬸᬫ᭄)

1. to divide

Further reading

• “dum”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish dumb, dum, from Old Norse dumbr (“dumb”), and in the main sense stupid from German dumm. Both from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Low German dumm, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dom/, [d̥ɔmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Adjective

dum (neuter dumt, plural and definite singular attributive dumme)

1. stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim
2. foolish, silly, daft

Inflection

Inflection of dum

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	dum	dummere	dummest2
indefinite neuter singular	dumt	dummere	dummest2
plural	dumme	dummere	dummest2
definite attributive1	dumme	dummere	dummeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• dumhed

References

• “dum” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “dum” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/

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• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: dum

Preposition

dum

1. for

   Mi estos en Usono dum du jaroj. ― I will be in the USA for two years.

2. during
3. while
4. whereas

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dum, from Latin dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/

Preposition

dum

1. during, in (a period of time)

   Il esis absenta dum tri yari. ― He was absent for three years.

Derived terms

• dume (“meanwhile, meantime”)

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese dum.

Verb

dum

1. to divide