frum

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɹʊm/, (Poylish and Ukrainish traditions) /fɹɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ʊm, -ɪm

Adjective[edit]

frum (comparative frummer, superlative frummest)

  1. (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.

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Romanization[edit]

frum

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼

Irish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

frum (emphatic frumsa)

  1. Alternative form of faram (“along with me, beside me; in addition to me; as good as me”)

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