dram

Signification (English)

Noun

1. A small unit of weight, variously:
2. A small unit of weight, variously:
3. A small unit of weight, variously:
4. (obsolete) A small unit of weight, variously:
5. Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
6. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
7. (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.

Verb

1. To drink drams.
2. To ply with drams of drink.

Concepts

dram

drachme

apéritif

apéro

drame

goutte

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Synonyms

drachm

snifter

drachma

snorter

nip

peg

money

💸

sneezer

stooge

swallow

tipple

whet

carat

a small amount

draft

dummy

grain

gulp

hooker

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹæm/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: dragme

In summary

From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.