grom
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A “grom” on a board.
English
Etymology
Shortened from grommet.
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
grom (plural groms)
- (surfing, snowboarding, skimboarding, slang) A young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder.
- They were having this contest for grommets. The waves were micro. Even the groms were disgusted.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
grom
- inflection of grommen:
Kalasha
Etymology
From Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”). Compare Kashmiri گام (gām).
Noun
grom
Middle English
Noun
grom
- Alternative form of grome
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Adjective
grom (masculine and feminine grom, neuter gromt, definite singular and plural gromme, comparative grommare, indefinite superlative grommast, definite superlative grommaste)
References
- “grom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.
Noun
grom m inan
Declension
Declension of grom
Derived terms
Related terms
adjective
noun
verbs
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grom
Noun
grom
Further reading
- grom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- grom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Noun
grom m (plural gromi)
- Alternative form of groom
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | grom | gromul | gromi | gromii | |
| genitive-dative | grom | gromului | gromi | gromilor | |
| vocative | gromule | gromilor | |||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
grȏm m (Cyrillic spelling гро̑м)
Declension
Declension of grom
Related terms
Further reading
- “grom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gromъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
grȍm m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gròm | |
| genitive | grôma | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
gròm | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
grôma | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
grômu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
gròm | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
grômu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
grômom | |
Further reading
- “grom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024