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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French gramme , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma , “ a small weight, a scruple ” ) . Doublet of gramma .
Noun
gram (plural grams )
A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram . Symbol: g .
Holonyms: kilogram < megagram < gigagram
Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram
Derived terms
Translations
unit of mass
Afrikaans: gram (af)
Albanian: gram (sq) m
Arabic: جْرَام m ( gram ) , غْرَام m ( ḡrām ) , غْرَام m ( gram )
Egyptian Arabic: جرام m ( grām )
Hijazi Arabic: قرام m ( grām )
Armenian: գրամ (hy) ( gram )
Asturian: gramu m
Azerbaijani: qram (az)
Belarusian: грам m ( hram )
Bengali: গ্রাম (bn) ( gram )
Bulgarian: грам (bg) m ( gram )
Burmese: ဂရမ် (my) ( ga.ram )
Catalan: gram (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 克 ( hak1 ) , 公克 ( gung1 hak1 )
Dungan: гунфын ( gunfɨn )
Hakka: 克 ( khiet ) , 公克 ( kûng-khiet ) , 古拉母 ( kù-la-mú )
Hokkien: 公克 (zh-min-nan) ( kong-khek )
Mandarin: 克 (zh) ( kè ) , 公克 (zh) ( gōngkè )
Czech: gram (cs) m
Danish: gram (da) n
Dutch: gram (nl) m
Esperanto: gramo
Estonian: gramm
Finnish: gramma (fi)
French: gramme (fr) m
Galician: gramo (gl) m
Georgian: გრამი ( grami )
German: Gramm (de) n
Greek: γραμμάριο (el) n ( grammário )
Ancient: γραμμάριον n ( grammárion )
Gujarati: ગ્રામ ( grām )
Hebrew: גְרַם (he) m ( gram )
Hindi: ग्राम (hi) m ( grām )
Hungarian: gramm (hu)
Icelandic: gramm (is) n
Ido: gramo (io)
Indonesian: gram (id)
Ingrian: gramma
Irish: gram m
Italian: grammo (it) m
Japanese: グラム (ja) ( guramu )
Kannada: ಗ್ರಾಮು ( grāmu )
Kazakh: грамм ( gramm )
Khmer: ក្រាម (km) ( kraam )
Korean: 그램 (ko) ( geuraem )
Kyrgyz: грамм (ky) ( gramm )
Lao: ກຣັມ ( kram ) , ກັມ ( kam ) , ກະລາມ (lo) ( ka lām )
Latvian: grams m
Lithuanian: gramas (lt) m
Lü: ᦂᧄ ( k̇am )
Luxembourgish: Gramm m
Macedonian: грам m ( gram )
Malay: gram
Maori: karamu , koma
Mongolian: грамм (mn) ( gramm )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gram (no) n
Nynorsk: gram n
Occitan: grama (oc) m
Persian: گرم (fa) ( geram )
Polish: gram (pl) m
Portuguese: grama (pt) m
Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ( grām )
Quechua: k'isura
Romagnol: grâm m
Romanian: gram (ro) n
Russian: грамм (ru) m ( gramm )
Scottish Gaelic: gram m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра̏м m
Latin: grȁm (sh) m
Shan: ၷြမ် ( grǎm )
Sinhalese: ග්රෑම් ( grǣm ) , ග්රෑම් ( grǣm )
Slovak: gram (sk) m
Slovene: gram (sl) m
Sotho: geramo
Spanish: gramo (es) m
Swahili: gramu (sw)
Swedish: gram (sv) n
Tagalog: gramo
Tajik: грамм ( gramm )
Telugu: గ్రాము (te) ( grāmu )
Thai: กรัม (th) ( gram )
Turkish: gram (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: غرام ( gıram )
Turkmen: gramm
Ukrainian: грам (uk) m ( hram )
Urdu: گرام m ( grām )
Uzbek: gramm (uz)
Vietnamese: gam (vi)
Yiddish: גראַם ( gram )
Yoruba: gíráàmù
See also
Etymology 2
From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão ), from Latin grānum .[ 1] Doublet of corn , grain , granum , and grao .
Noun
gram (countable and uncountable , plural grams )
A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea .
1870 , Henry Letheby, On Food , page 22 :The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India.
( uncountable ) The seeds of these plants.
Derived terms
Translations
A leguminous plant
Bulgarian: нахут m ( nahut )
Etymology 3
Diminutive of grandmother .
Noun
gram (plural grams )
( colloquial ) Grandmother .
Etymology 4
Noun
gram (plural grams )
( broadcasting , dated ) A gramophone recording .
Etymology 5
Clipping of Instagram .
Proper noun
gram
Alternative form of 'gram ( “ Instagram ” ) .
Noun
gram (plural grams )
Alternative form of 'gram ( “ Instagram ” ) .
Verb
gram (third-person singular simple present grams , present participle gramming , simple past and past participle grammed )
Alternative form of 'gram ( “ Instagram ” ) .
Derived terms
Etymology 6
Noun
gram
( US ) Misspelling of graham .
See also
References
^ Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. 1976. pp. 566
Further reading
Anagrams
Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *grāma (see Spanish grama ) from earlier Latin grāmĭna , plural of grāmen .[ 1]
Noun
gram m (definite grámi ) ( uncountable )
couch grass
Synonyms: krisje , troskë
knotgrass
Etymology 2
Internationalism , compare English gram , Italian grammo .
Noun
gram m (plural grámë , definite grámi , definite plural grámët )
gram ( measurement unit )
( figurative ) bit , crumb , particle
Synonyms: thërrime , copëz
Declension
References
Further reading
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ] , 1980
“gram ”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 2006
Mann, S. E. (1948 ) “gram, grâm ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary , London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 132
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French gramme .
Noun
gram m (plural grams )
gram ( unit of mass )
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin grāmen . Previously applied to grasses in general but now restricted to a few specific species.
Noun
gram m (plural grams )
Bermuda grass
Derived terms
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
gram m inan
gram ( unit )
Declension
Declension of gram (hard masculine inanimate )
Derived terms
Further reading
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gramr , cognate with the Icelandic gramur ( “ resentful, irritated ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gram
irate
Inflection
Inflection of gram
positive
comparative
superlative
indefinite common singular
gram
—
—2
indefinite neuter singular
gramt
—
—2
plural
gramme
—
—2
definite attributive1
gramme
—
—
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.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek γραμμά ( grammá ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gram n (singular definite grammet , plural indefinite gram )
gram ( unit of mass )
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɣrɑm/
Hyphenation: gram
Rhymes: -ɑm
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French gramme , a borrowing from Latin gramma during the French Revolution, from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Noun
gram n or m (plural grammen , diminutive grammetje n )
gram ( unit of mass )
Coordinate terms: kilo , ton
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch gram ( “ wrath ” ) . The noun sense represents a substantivization of the adjective.
Adjective
gram (comparative grammer , superlative gramst )
( rare ) angry , irate
Derived terms
Noun
gram m (uncountable , diminutive grammetje n )
( rare ) wrath
Synonyms: toorn , woede , wrevel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gram , from Old High German gram , from Proto-Germanic *gramaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gram (indeclinable )
angry
Seit dieser Tat war er ihm auf immer gram . (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
Further reading
“gram ” in Duden online
“gram ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch gram , from French gramme , from Latin gramma , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gram (plural gram -gram )
gram : a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
From French gramme , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma , “ a small weight, a scruple ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gram m (genitive singular graim , nominative plural graim )
gram ( unit of mass )
Declension
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gram , from Proto-Germanic *gramaz .
Adjective
gram
angry
sad , upset
Inflection
Adjective
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
indefinite
gram
gramme
gram
gramme
definite
gramme
gramme
accusative
indefinite
grammen
gramme
gram
gramme
definite
gramme
genitive
indefinite
grams
grammer
grams
grammer
definite
grams , grammen
grams , grammen
dative
grammen
grammer
grammen
grammen
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English gram , from Proto-Germanic *gramaz ; cognate to Old Norse gramr . Related to grim .
Adjective
gram
Angry .
c. 1300 , Havelok the Dane :
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French gramme , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Noun
gram n (definite singular grammet , indefinite plural gram , definite plural gramma or grammene )
a gram , unit of weight, symbol g .
Derived terms
References
“gram” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“gram_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French gramme , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Noun
gram n (definite singular grammet , indefinite plural gram , definite plural gramma )
a gram , unit of weight, symbol g .
Derived terms
References
“gram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gram(i) , from Proto-Germanic *gramaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gram
angry , hostile
Declension
Declension of gram — Strong
Declension of gram — Weak
Descendants
Old Norse
Noun
gram
accusative / dative singular of gramr
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French gramme , a borrowing from Latin gramma , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Noun
gram m inan
gram ( unit of mass )
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gram
first-person singular present indicative of grać
Further reading
gram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
gram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
gram m (plural grãos )
Obsolete spelling of grão .
Descendants
Adjective
gram
Obsolete spelling of grão .
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gramme .
Pronunciation
Noun
gram n (plural grame )
gram ( unit of mass )
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From French gramme , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gram m (plural gramichean )
gram ( unit of mass )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Edward Dwelly (1911 ) “gram”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary ] , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gramme , a borrowing from Latin gramma , from Ancient Greek γράμμα ( grámma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
grȁm m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏м )
gram ( unit )
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
gram n
gram ( unit of mass )
Declension
See also
References
Tatar
Noun
gram
Latin spelling of грам ( gram , “ gram ( unit of mass ) ” )
Declension
Volapük
Noun
gram (nominative plural grams )
gram
Declension
1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only