frum

From Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.

• IPA^(key): /fɹʊm/, (Poylish and Ukrainish traditions) /fɹɪm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm, -ɪm

frum (comparative frummer, superlative frummest)

1. (Judaism) Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism
   • 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 45:

     I learned all about the role of the kibbutz in Israeli life. Not to mention the role of the Arab, the artist, the woman, the socialist and the frum Jew.

• frummer

frum

1. romanization of 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼

frum (emphatic frumsa)

1. alternative form of faram (“along with me, beside me; in addition to me; as good as me”)

• frum fram (“noise, uproar”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

frum m

1. alternative form of fruma (used in compounds)