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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔ.me/
- Rhymes: -ɔme
- Hyphenation: grò‧me
Noun
grome f
- plural of groma
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English *grōma, from Proto-West Germanic *grōmō (“growth, tumor, stomach swelling”). Compare Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grómr, gromr, and Old French gromme. Suggested to be either from the same root as growen (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grō-, with a noun-forming suffix *-m-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡroːm(ə)/, /ˈɡrɔːm(ə)/
Noun
grome (plural gromes)
- A male child of any age (ranging from infancy to the start of adulthood).
- One's assistant or servant; an underling, especially one in the homes of the nobility.
- A male person, especially a commoner or one who isn't noble-born.
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