tam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

English

Etymology 1

A contraction of (deprecated template usage) tam o'shanter.

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. Template:altname, a type of cap.

Etymology 2

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese pronunciation of 擔／担

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. Template:altname, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Anagrams

• AMT, ATM, atm, Mat, Mat., mat, TMA

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Chewong

Noun

tam

1. water

References

• Signe Howell, Society and Cosmos: Chewong of Peninsular Malaysia (1984), page 128

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Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

1. teeming, full

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

tam

1. there (in or at that place or location)
2. there (to or into that place)

Antonyms

• (to or into that place): zpět, zpátky

Derived terms

• tamní
• tamější
• tamtudy

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Danish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Danish tam, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse tamr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

Inflection

Inflection of tam
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	tam	tammere	tammest2
Indefinite neuter singular	tamt	tammere	tammest2
Plural	tamme	tammere	tammest2
Definite attributive1	tamme	tammere	tammeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

1. tame, not wild
2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Inflection

Declension of tam
uninflected	tam
inflected	tamme
comparative	tammer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		tam	tammer	het tamst het tamste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	tamme	tammere	tamste
	n. sing.	tam	tammer	tamste
	plural	tamme	tammere	tamste
definite		tamme	tammere	tamste
partitive		tams	tammers	—

Anagrams

• mat

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Ido

Etymology

Template:borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /tam/

Adverb

tam

1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

See also

• kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

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Kurdish

Noun

1. taste

Adverb

1. precisely, exactly

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam, num-nam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t̪ä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t̪äm]

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

   Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet

   Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam

1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "as x, so y"
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V:

     Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.

     But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Often 'tips off' a subjunctive clause of result.

Derived terms

• tamen
• tamquam
• tandem
• tantus

Coordinate terms

• quam

Decendants

• Old Portuguese: tan
• Portuguese: tam, tão
• Spanish: tamaño
• Spanish: tan

References

• “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
    

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Latvian

Pronoun

tam

1. to that; (deprecated template usage) dative singular masculine form of tas

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Lojban

Rafsi

1. Rafsi of tarmi.

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [tam]

Adverb

tam

1. there (in that place)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

• temme

References

• “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

• temja, temje

References

• “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Adverb

1. as (comparative)

Coordinate terms

• plu
• min

See also

• kam

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Old English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [t̪ãm]
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Pronoun

tam

1. there

External links

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Adverb

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of tão.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam (Cyrillic spelling там)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms

• tamo

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. there
2. thither

Synonyms

• (thither): ta

Antonyms

• (there): tu
• (thither): sem

References

• “tam”, 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, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈtám/
• Template:sl-tonal

Adverb

tàm

1. there, in that place

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Swedish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Swedish tamber, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse tamr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

1. tame (not wild)

Declension

Inflection of tam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	tam	tamare	tamast
Neuter singular	tamt	tamare	tamast
Plural	tama	tamare	tamast
Masculine plural3	tame	tamare	tamast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	tame	tamare	tamaste
All	tama	tamare	tamaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• tämja

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. there

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 三 (“three”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]

Numeral

tam

1. (cardinal number, Sino-Vietnamese) three
2. (ordinal number) third; thirdly

See also

• ba