um

Onomatopoeic.

• umm, hum

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• Rhymes: -ʌm (when stressed, or as a verb)

Used in rhotic dialects. Compare to British English erm.

um

1. Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation. See uh.

   Um, I don’t know.

   Let’s see... um... how about this?

   • 2002, Newsweek (volume 140, page lxxx)

     It's a great test of the claims of open-source gurus, who say that a self-motivated community can outcode any team working for a single employer—like, um, Microsoft.

2. (chiefly US) Dated spelling of mmm.
   • 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., page 65:

     "About the same, wherever you go," he agreed.

     "Um," I said.

um (third-person singular simple present ums, present participle umming, simple past and past participle ummed)

1. (intransitive) To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy.

From Middle English um, from Old Norse um, umb (“around, about”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with Old English ymbe (“around”), West Frisian om (“around”), Dutch om (“around”), German um (“around”). More at umbe.

um

1. Alternative form of umbe

• umb, umbe

A Latin-script rendering of µm.

• Pronounced as micrometer.

um (plural um)

1. Alternative spelling of µm

um

1. (representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans; may be offensive) An undifferentiated determiner or article: a, the, some etc.; a miscellaneous linking word, or filler with nonspecific meaning.

   He um Growling Bear. He um heap big chief.

• -mu-, MU, Mu, mu

• IPA^(key): [ˈum]
• Rhymes: -um

um m

1. skill, art

• schopnost
• dovednost
• umění

• um in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• um in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

um

1. house

• C. L. Voorhoeve, The Makian Languages and Their Neighbours (1982)

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with Swedish om.

um

1. if

um

1. around
2. about (a subject)

From Old Norse umb, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”).

• IPA^(key): /ʊmː/

um

1. (with accusative) around
2. (with accusative) about
3. (with accusative) during
4. (with accusative) through
5. (with accusative) over

um

1. whether, if

• umb, ümb, üm (all obsolete)

From Middle High German umbe, ümbe, from Old High German umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Central German dialects show regular umlaut; the standard form is from Upper German, where umlaut of -u- was often blocked before labials. Cognate with Luxembourgish ëm, Dutch om, English umbe.

• IPA^(key): /ʊm/

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• Rhymes: -ʊm

um (with accusative)

1. about

   Es geht um den Kuchen. ― It's about the pie.

2. around

   Um die Ecke

   around the corner

3. at, by (when relating to time)

   Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab

   At eight o’clock we depart

4. by (percentage difference)

   Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. ― Sales in volume has decreased by 6%.

• (um + das) ums

um (introduces a zu-clause)

1. in order to, so as to

   Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen.

   We’ve come (in order) to help.

um (not comparable)

1. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished

   Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um (Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis)

   We will shortly bind you/ Erdgeist, your time is up

um

1. around, about
2. turned over, changed, from one state to another

• umb

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).

um

1. used in set phrases

   Það er um að gera að sofa vel.

   The important thing to do is to sleep well.

   Hvað er um að vera?

   What's going on?

   Eins og um var talað.

   As was agreed.

• vera um og ó

um

1. (with accusative) about, concerning

   Um hvað ertu að tala?

   What are you talking about?

   Spurning um líf og dauða.

   A question of life and death.

2. (with accusative) through, around, across

   Áin rennur um dalinn.

   The river runs through the valley.

   Að fara út um gluggann.

   To go out through the window.

   Vestur um haf.

   West across the sea.

3. (with accusative) throughout, over, around

   Við förum um alla sveitina.

   We'll go throughout the district.

   Hann var breiður um herðar.

   He was broad across the shoulders.

   Hún hafði klút um hálsinn.

   She had a scarf around her neck.

4. (with accusative) during, for, in, at

   Hvenær gerðist þetta? - Þetta gerðist um sumarið.

   When did this happen? - It happened during the summer.

   Ég fór um nóttina.

   I went during the night.

5. (with accusative) approximately, about, around

   Pokinn er um fjórir kíló.

   The bag around four kilos.

• Often used with phrases such as "brjóta heilann um".

  Ég er búinn að brjóta heilann um þetta alla nótt!

  I've been racking my brain about this all night!

From Portuguese um (“a”), from Old Portuguese ũu, from Latin ūnus, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

um

1. a (the indefinite article)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Um homm tinh doiz filh:

     A man had two sons:

• im

From Proto-Celtic *ambi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”).

• IPA^(key): /ʊmˠ/

um (plus dative, triggers lenition, except of b, m, and p)

1. about
2. at

• "um" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Probably cognate to U ʔóm.

um

1. water

• H. Roberts, A Grammar of the Khasi Language

• IPA^(key): /um/

u'm

1. 1st person singular present indicative form of vȱlda
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of vȱlda

um

1. stone

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

um

1. contraction of op + dem; on the, at the, to the
2. contraction of un + dem

um

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by om

• umb

From Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”). Cognate with Old English ymbe, Old Frisian umbe, ombe, Old Saxon umbi, Old High German umbi.

um

1. (with accusative) about, concerning
2. (with accusative) round, past, beyond
3. (with accusative) over, across, along
4. (with accusative) during, at a point in time
5. (with accusative) because of, for

• um in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Compare German um, Dutch om, Old English ymb.

um

1. around

• hum (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese ũu (“one; a”), from Latin ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈũ]
• Hyphenation: um
• Rhymes: -ũ

um m (feminine uma)

1. one

   Uma xícara de café ― One cup of coffee

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:um.

um (feminine uma, masculine plural uns, feminine plural umas)

1. (indefinite) a, an

   Um carro, uma casa. ― A car, a house.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 186:

     Tenho um recado para você.

     I have a message for you.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 361:

     […] disse o professor com um sorrisinho […]

     […] the teacher said with a little smile […]

   1. (in the plural) some; a few (a small number of)

      Uns carros, umas casas. ― A few cars, a few houses.

      Synonym: alguns

   2. (with uncountable nouns) a bit of

      Comi uma pipoca antes de dormir.

      I ate a bit of popcorn before going to sleep.

      Synonym: um pouco de

   3. (usually in the feminine, pronounced slowly, emphatically and with a high intonation) indicates that what follows is exceptional; quite a; quite the

      Ontem de noite caiu uma chuva.

      We had quite a rain last night.

      Estamos comendo um churrasco.

      We are having the barbecue.

      Synonym: aquele

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:um.

um m (plural uns)

1. The figure or digit "1": one.

   O um parece o sete sem gravata no pescoço. ― The one looks like the seven with no tie at its neck.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:um.

um

1. a person; one; someone

   Chegou-me um e disse: "Olá!" ― One came to me and said: "Hello!"

2. Element(s) of a previously mentioned class: one; some (in plural).

   Comprei uns e me decepcionei. ― I bought some and got disappointed.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:um.

From Latin homō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”)

um m (plural umens)

1. man
2. husband

• dunna

• IPA^(key): /um/

um

1. house

• Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig, Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku (1992)

• IPA^(key): /ʌm/, /əm/

um

1. (South Scots, personal) him

• hei

From Proto-Slavic *umъ.

• IPA^(key): /ûːm/

ȗm m (Cyrillic spelling у̑м)

1. mind
2. intellect
3. wit

From Proto-Slavic *umъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈum/

um m (genitive singular umu, nominative plural umy, genitive plural umov, declension pattern of dub)

1. mind
2. intellect
3. wit

• rozum m
• hlava f
• zmysel m

• umový
• umček

• um in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk