rum

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
2. (countable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
3. (countable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
4. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A strange person or thing.
5. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A country parson.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.
2. (UK, dated, informal) Strange, peculiar.

Concepten

rum

raar

Synoniemen

rummy

queer

odd

strange

peculiar

curious

bizarre

whiskey

funny

😄

singular

quizzical

unusual

babka

any spirituous liquor

Ron

rum ball

antic

cadging

crotchety

eccentric

eerie

freakish

grotesque

outlandish

quaint

Vertalingen

ron

rhum

Rum

rum

ρούμι

rum

rom

içki

extraño

raro

étrange

drôle

😄

رم

bizarre

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹʌm/

Etymologie (Engels)

In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:
* that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
* that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
* that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
* that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer