grom

See also: Grom, grǫm, and grom.

English

A “grom” on a board.

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Grom

Wikipedia

Etymology

Shortened from grommet.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

grom (plural groms)

1. (surfing, snowboarding, skimboarding, slang) A young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder.

   They were having this contest for grommets. The waves were micro. Even the groms were disgusted.

Synonyms

• grommet

See also

• grummet

Anagrams

• gorm

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

grom

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

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”). Compare Kashmiri گام (gām).

Noun

grom

1. village

   Synonym: dey

Middle English

Noun

grom

1. Alternative form of grome

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrʊmː/

Adjective

grom (masculine and feminine grom, neuter gromt, definite singular and plural gromme, comparative grommare, indefinite superlative grommast, definite superlative grommaste)

1. splendid, excellent, fine, very nice

References

• “grom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

grom

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: grom
• Homophone: Grom

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.

Noun

grom m inan

1. (literary) thunder

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	grom	gromy
genitive	gromu	gromów
dative	gromowi	gromom
accusative	grom	gromy
instrumental	gromem	gromami
locative	gromie	gromach
vocative	gromie	gromy

Declension of grom

Derived terms

• gromowładny
• jak grom z jasnego nieba

 

Related terms

adjective

• gromki

 

noun

• grzmot

 

verbs

• gromić
• grzmieć

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grom

1. second-person singular imperative of gromić

Noun

grom

1. dative plural of gra

Further reading

• grom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• grom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

grom m (plural gromi)

1. Alternative form of groom

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) grom	gromul	(niște) gromi	gromii
genitive/dative	(unui) grom	gromului	(unor) gromi	gromilor
vocative	gromule		gromilor

Declension of grom

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

grom

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrôːm/

Noun

grȏm m (Cyrillic spelling гро̑м)

1. thunder

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	grȏm	grȍmovi
genitive	grȍma	grȍmōvā
dative	grȍmu	grȍmovima
accusative	grȏm	grȍmove
vocative	grȍme	grȍmovi
locative	grȍmu	grȍmovima
instrumental	grȍmom	grȍmovima

Declension of grom

Related terms

• gr̀meti (“to thunder”)

Further reading

• “grom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

grom

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gromъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔ́m/

Noun

grȍm m inan

1. thunder

Inflection

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	gròm
genitive	grôma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gròm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	grôma
dative (dajȃlnik)	grômu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gròm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	grômu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	grômom

Further reading

• “grom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran