dram

Betekenis (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.

Concepten

aperitief

borrel

greintje

keil

slokje

drankje

beetje

Synonyms

drachm

snifter

drachma

snorter

nip

peg

money

💸

sneezer

stooge

swallow

tipple

whet

carat

a small amount

draft

dummy

grain

gulp

hooker

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɹæm/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: 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.