krom

Borrowed from French chrome.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkromː/

krom m

1. chromium

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrom]

krom

1. alternative form of kromě

• “krom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “krom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “krom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

krom n

1. alternative spelling of chrom

• IPA^(key): /krɔm/

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• Hyphenation: krom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

From Middle Dutch crom, from Old Dutch *krumb, from Proto-West Germanic *krumb, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz.

krom (comparative krommer, superlative kromst)

1. bent, curved, not straight
2. off, weird, irregular, flawed

Declension of krom
uninflected	krom
inflected	kromme
comparative	krommer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		krom	krommer	het kromst het kromste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	kromme	krommere	kromste
	n. sing.	krom	krommer	kromste
	plural	kromme	krommere	kromste
definite		kromme	krommere	kromste
partitive		kroms	krommers	—

• kromming

• Afrikaans: krom
• Negerhollands: krom
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: krom
• Petjo: kerom
• → Aukan: koon

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

krom

1. inflection of krommen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Russian кроме (krome) and Polish krom.

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• IPA^(key): /krom/
• Rhymes: -om
• Hyphenation: krom

krom

1. except, save, sans

   Synonym: escepte

2. besides

• kroma
• krome

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman). Compare Kashmiri کٲم (kạ̄m).

krom

1. work

krom

1. sky

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Chemical element
Cr
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krom n (definite singular krommet) (uncountable)

1. chromium (chemical element, symbol Cr)

Chemical element
Cr
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krom n (definite singular krommet) (uncountable)

1. chromium (as above)

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: krom

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kromъ.

krom

1. (archaic) except, apart from, but [with genitive]

   Synonyms: okrom, oprócz, prócz

2. (archaic) besides, beyond, other than [with genitive]

   Synonyms: okrom, oprócz, prócz

See kram.

krom m inan

1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) alternative form of kram

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

krom f

1. dative plural of kra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

krom f

1. genitive plural of kroma

• krom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “krom”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34

• hrȍm (Bosnia, Serbia)

Borrowed from French chrome.

krȍm m inan (Cyrillic spelling кро̏м)

1. (Croatia) chromium

• IPA^(key): [krɔm]

krom

1. inflection of ker:
   1. instrumental singular
   2. dative plural

Chemical element
Cr
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Next: mangán (Mn)

Borrowed from French chrome.

• IPA^(key): /króːm/, /krɔ́m/

krọ̑m or krȍm m inan

1. chromium

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	króm
genitive	króma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	króm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	króma
dative (dajȃlnik)	krómu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	króm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krómu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krómom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	kròm
genitive	krôma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kròm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	krôma
dative (dajȃlnik)	krômu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kròm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krômu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krômom

• “krom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Chemical element
Cr
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From French chrome, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkroːm/

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krom n (uncountable)

1. chromium
2. chrome plating

• kroma

• krom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• omkr.

Chemical element
Cr
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Next: manganez (Mn)

From Ottoman Turkish قروم (krom), from French chrome, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

• IPA^(key): [kɾom]

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• Hyphenation: krom

krom (definite accusative kromu, uncountable)

1. chromium (chemical element)