gramma

See also: Gramma and -gramma

English

Etymology 1

Noun

gramma (plural grammas)

  1. (informal) grandmother

Etymology 2

Noun

gramma (plural grammas)

  1. (Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
    Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
    • 1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, page 238,
      Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
    • 1952, Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates, page 151,
      The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata) and is classed as a gramma.
    • 1983, Margaret Fulton, Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493,
      Gramma, or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma). See gram for more.

Noun

gramma

  1. gram

Declension
Inflection of gramma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative gramma grammat
genitive gramman grammojen
partitive grammaa grammoja
illative grammaan grammoihin
singular plural
nominative gramma grammat
accusative nom. gramma grammat
gen. gramman
genitive gramman grammojen
grammainrare
partitive grammaa grammoja
inessive grammassa grammoissa
elative grammasta grammoista
illative grammaan grammoihin
adessive grammalla grammoilla
ablative grammalta grammoilta
allative grammalle grammoille
essive grammana grammoina
translative grammaksi grammoiksi
instructive — grammoin
abessive grammatta grammoitta
comitative — grammoineen

Icelandic

Noun

gramma

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gramm

Interlingua

Noun

gramma (plural grammas)

  1. gramme, gram

Italian

Noun

gramma m (plural grammi)

  1. gram (Variant of: grammo)

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

gramma n (genitive grammatis); third declension

  1. gram (unit of mass)

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gramma grammata
Genitive grammatis grammatum
Dative grammatī grammatibus
Accusative gramma grammata
Ablative grammate grammatibus
Vocative gramma grammata

References
  • gramma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gramma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gramma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gramma in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gramma n

  1. definite plural of gram

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gramma n

  1. definite plural of gram
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