Hummer
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (HMMWV): hummer
Etymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌmɚ/
- Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Noun
editHummer (plural Hummers)
- A brand of sport utility vehicles sold by General Motors, and by extension, any large similar vehicle.
- 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 272:
- Hummers are a somewhat unusual sight in New York. The kinds of people who like them as status symbols often don’t like the city’s narrow, messy street configurations, which can be hard for bulky vehicles to manage.
- (military, slang) The HMMWV or Humvee, a US Army vehicle which replaced the Jeep.
Usage notes
editSince the introduction of the civilian Hummer in the 1990s, this term has ceased to be used for the military vehicle; the term "Humvee" is typically used instead.
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editEtymology 2
editFrom the German and West Frisian surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz (“mind”) + *mērijaz (“famous”). Related to Hugh and the first element of Merovingian.
Proper noun
editHummer
- A surname from German
Further reading
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hummer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215.
German
editEtymology
edit16th century, from Middle Low German *hummer, itself from Old Norse humarr, perhaps through early Norwegian (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma, Dutch hommer.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHummer m (strong, genitive Hummers, plural Hummer)
Declension
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editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. Cognate with German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, Icelandic hamar.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHummer m (plural Himmer)
Further reading
edit- Hummer in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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