stoom

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See also: Stoom

English[edit]

Verb[edit]

stoom (third-person singular simple present stooms, present participle stooming, simple past and past participle stoomed)

Alternative form of stum

References[edit]

“stoom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

MOTOS, Smoot, Tooms, moots, motos, smoot, tomos, tooms

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch stoom, from Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /stʊə̯m/

Noun[edit]

stoom (uncountable)

steam

Derived terms[edit]

stoomboot

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /stoːm/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: stoom
Rhymes: -oːm

Noun[edit]

stoom m (uncountable)

steam

Hypernyms[edit]

waterdamp

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Afrikaans: stoom
→ Indonesian: setom, setum
→ Papiamentu: stoom (dated)
→ West Frisian: stoom

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch stoom.

Noun[edit]

stoom c (no plural)

steam
Synonym: steam

Derived terms[edit]

stoomboat

Further reading[edit]

“stoom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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