erm
Appearance
See also: ERM
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]erm
- (UK) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm.
- She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
- (UK) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.
- Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.
- – Bob would never say something like that!
– Erm, he just did.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used in non-rhotic dialects; compare um.
Translations
[edit]expression of uncertainty
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)
- deserted, abandoned
- uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)
Noun
[edit]erm m (plural erms)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “erm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “erm”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “erm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “erm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon arm.
Noun
[edit]erm m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of erm (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | erm | ermar, erma |
accusative | erm | ermar, erma |
genitive | ermes | erma |
dative | erme | ermum, ermem |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon *arm.
Adjective
[edit]erm
Descendants
[edit]References
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