strom

See also: Strom, stróm, strōm, ström, štrom, and strøm

Czech

Etymology

Originally “what towers above” (see also strmý, strměti). Inherited from Old Czech strom (tree; mast), from Proto-Slavic *stromъ, from *strьmъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ter-, *ster- (hard).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstrom]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

strom m inan (relational adjective stromový, diminutive stromek or strůmek)

  1. tree

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Silesian: strōm

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “strom”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 607

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

strom

  1. alternative form of storm

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *straum.

Noun

strōm m

  1. stream
  2. river, song

Declension

strōm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative strōm strōmos
accusative strōm strōmos
genitive strōmes strōmō
dative strōme strōmum
instrumental

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stromъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • Syllabification: strom

Noun

strom m inan

  1. (obsolete) steep slope, precipice
    Synonyms: stromizna, urwisko

Declension

adjectives
adverb
noun
  • stromość
verbs

Further reading

  • strom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Originally “what towers above” (see also strmý; from Proto-Slavic *stromъ, from *strьmъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ter-, *ster- (hard).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [strɔm]

Noun

strom m inan (relational adjective stromový, diminutive stromček or stromok, augmentative stromisko)

  1. tree

Declension

Declension of strom
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativestromstromy
genitivestromustromov
dativestromustromom
accusativestromstromy
locativestromestromoch
instrumentalstromomstromami

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “strom”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • strom”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025