frum
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English
Etymology
From Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frum (comparative frummer, superlative frummest)
- (Judaism) Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism
- 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 45:
- I learned all about the role of the kibbutz in Israeli life. Not to mention the role of the Arab, the artist, the woman, the socialist and the frum Jew.
Related terms
Gothic
Romanization
frum
- Romanization of 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼
Irish
Pronoun
frum (emphatic frumsa)
- Alternative form of faram (“along with me, beside me; in addition to me; as good as me”)
See also
- frum fram (“noise, uproar”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN