трюм

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch 't ruim (from het ruim). Several steps omitting from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (whence also English room).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [trʲum]

Noun

трюм • (trjumm inan (genitive трю́ма, nominative plural трю́мы or трюма́*, genitive plural трю́мов or трюмо́в*) (* In professional speech.)

  1. (nautical) hold (cargo area)

Declension

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: трюм (trjum)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трюм”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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