trome

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish trom, from Proto-Celtic *trummos (compare Welsh trwm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /troːm/, [t̪roːm], [t̪roᵇm]

Adjective

trome (plural tromey, comparative trimmey)

  1. heavy, substantial, dense
  2. difficult
  3. emphatic
  4. intense
  5. pregnant

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of trome
radical lenition eclipsis
trome hrome drome

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English truma,[1] possibly from trum (“firm, strong; stable, steadfast”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrum(ə)/, /ˈtroːm(ə)/

Noun

trome

  1. A group of soldiers; a battalion.
  2. A group of people; a band.

References

  1. ^ “trume, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Compare “† trume | trome, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021.
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