dram
English
/dɹæm/
noun
Definitions
- (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
- Any similarly minute quantity, (now) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
- (historical) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- (obsolete) : a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French drame derived from Latin dragma, drachma derived from Ancient Greek δραχμή (a handful, unit of weight, a drachma).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δραχμή
Gloss
a handful, unit of weight, a drachma
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drachma English
- dramless English
- dramming English
- dramseller English
- dramshop English
- dramshopkeeper English
- seller English
- shop English
- drachma Latin
- dragma Latin
- dracma Italian
- dracma Spanish, Castilian
- δραχμή Ancient Greek
- dram Norwegian Bokmål
- dracma Portuguese
- drakme Norwegian Nynorsk
- dram Norwegian Nynorsk
- द्रम्म Sanskrit
- द्रम्म, দ্ৰম্ম Sanskrit
- dram Danish
- دِرْهَم Arabic
- dragme Old French
- drame Old French
- draĥmo Esperanto
- drahma Serbo-Croatian
- dracma Catalan, Valencian
- dracma Galician
- درهم Persian
- δραχμή Greek (modern)
- dràm Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- drammur Faroese
- 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- dragma Old Spanish
- 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 Middle Persian
- draghmæ Old Danish