ram

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (masculine) ram (male sheep)
2. (masculine) male rabbit
3. (masculine) battering ram

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of rammen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of rammen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of rammen:

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rammen

1. (transitive) to ram, to intentionally collide with (a ship or car or building) with the intention of damaging or sinking it
2. (transitive) to strike (something) hard

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/rɑm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: ram

Ereditato da Old Dutch: *ram

Affine inglese: ram

In summary

From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”). The sense "battering ram" was borrowed as a semantic loan from Latin ariēs in Middle Dutch.