krom

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Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French chrome.

Pronunciation

Noun

krom m

  1. chromium

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

Preposition

krom

  1. Alternative form of kromě

Further reading

  • krom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • krom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • krom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

krom n

  1. Alternative spelling of chrom

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɔm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: krom
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crom, from Old Dutch *krumb, from Proto-West Germanic *krumb, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz.

Adjective

krom (comparative krommer, superlative kromst)

  1. bent, curved, not straight
  2. off, weird, irregular, flawed
Declension
Declension of krom
uninflected krom
inflected kromme
comparative krommer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial krom krommer het kromst
het kromste
indefinite m./f. sing. kromme krommere kromste
n. sing. krom krommer kromste
plural kromme krommere kromste
definite kromme krommere kromste
partitive kroms krommers
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: krom
  • Negerhollands: krom
    • Virgin Islands Creole: krom
  • Petjo: kerom
  • Aukan: koon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

krom

  1. inflection of krommen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Russian кроме (krome) and Polish krom.

Pronunciation

Preposition

krom

  1. except, save, sans
    Synonym: escepte
  2. besides

Derived terms

Kalasha

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman). Compare Kashmiri کٲم (kạ̄m).

Noun

krom

  1. work

Lawi

Noun

krom

  1. sky

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Chemical element
Cr
Previous: vanadium (V)
Next: mangan (Mn)
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

krom n (definite singular krommet) (uncountable)

  1. chromium (chemical element, symbol Cr)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Chemical element
Cr
Previous: vanadium (V)
Next: mangan (Mn)
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

krom n (definite singular krommet) (uncountable)

  1. chromium (as above)

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • Syllabification: krom

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kromъ.

Preposition

krom

  1. (archaic) except, apart from, but
    Synonyms: okrom, oprócz, prócz
  2. (archaic) besides, beyond, other than
    Synonyms: okrom, oprócz, prócz
noun

Etymology 2

See kram.

Noun

krom m inan

  1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) Alternative form of kram

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

krom f

  1. dative plural of kra

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

krom f

  1. genitive plural of kroma

Further reading

  • krom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “krom”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French chrome.

Noun

krȍm m (Cyrillic spelling кро̏м)

  1. (Croatia) chromium

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

krom

  1. inflection of ker:
    1. instrumental singular
    2. dative plural

Slovene

Chemical element
Cr
Previous: vanádij (V)
Next: mangán (Mn)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chrome.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /króːm/, /krɔ́m/

Noun

krọ̑m or krȍm m inan

  1. chromium

Inflection

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 króm
genitive króma
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
króm
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
króma
dative
(dajȃlnik)
krómu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
króm
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
krómu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
krómom
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 kròm
genitive krôma
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kròm
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
krôma
dative
(dajȃlnik)
krômu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kròm
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
krômu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
krômom

Further reading

  • krom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Chemical element
Cr
Previous: vanadin (V)
Next: mangan (Mn)

Etymology

From French chrome, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma).

Pronunciation

Noun

krom n (uncountable)

  1. chromium
  2. chrome plating

Declension

See also

References

Anagrams

Turkish

Chemical element
Cr
Previous: vanadyum (V)
Next: manganez (Mn)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قروم (krom), from French chrome, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, color).

Pronunciation

Noun

krom (definite accusative kromu, uncountable)

  1. chromium (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative krom
Definite accusative kromu
Singular Plural
Nominative krom kromlar
Definite accusative kromu kromları
Dative kroma kromlara
Locative kromda kromlarda
Ablative kromdan kromlardan
Genitive kromun kromların