rầm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ram"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəm˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəm˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹəm˨˩]
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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

rầm

  1. (architecture) beam; girder
    rầm nhàhouse beam

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Adjective

rầm • (, 𫪌, , 𠽍, ⿰口簮, , ⿰車森) (diminutive reduplication rầm rầm) (onomatopoeia)

  1. Used to describe a loud echoing sound that shakes the surroundings: with a boom; bang; crash
    Synonym: ầm
    đổ đánh rầmto fall with a bang
  2. noisy; clamorous; tumultuous
    Synonyms: ầm, rùm
    quát tháo rầm nhàto yell loudly throughout the house
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Combining form

rầm

  1. reduplicant of rập, only used in rầm rập

References

  • rầm”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.