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• /ˈbiːm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bagmaz? Proto-West Germanic *baum Old English bēam Middle English beem English beam From Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (“tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“tree, beam, balk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhew- (“to grow, swell”). Cognate with North Frisian Boom, buum (“tree”), Saterland Frisian Boom (“tree”), West Frisian beam (“tree”), Cimbrian pome, póom, puam (“tree”), Dutch boom (“tree”), German Low German Boom (“tree”), German Baum (“tree”), Luxembourgish Bam (“tree”), Mòcheno pa'm (“tree”), Vilamovian baojm (“tree”), Yiddish בוים (boym, “tree”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bom (“beam”), Icelandic baðmur (“tree”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms, “tree”), Albanian bimë (“a plant”). Doublet of boom. The original English meaning of beam ("tree") is preserved in some compound words such as quickbeam. The verb is from Middle English bemen, from Old English bēamian (“to shine, to cast forth rays or beams of light”), from the noun.

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• Afrikaans: balk — large piece of timber or iron
• Albanian: rreze — large piece of timber or iron
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 桁 (xeθa) — large piece of timber or iron
• Arabic: خَشَبَة (ḵašaba) — large piece of timber or iron
• Armenian: գերան (geran) — large piece of timber or iron
• Ashkun: kaṭë — large piece of timber or iron
• Azerbaijani: dirək — large piece of timber or iron
• Azerbaijani: diniş — large piece of timber or iron
• Azerbaijani: tir — large piece of timber or iron
• Azerbaijani: balka — large piece of timber or iron
• Belarusian: бэлька (belʹka) — large piece of timber or iron
• Belarusian: брус (brus) — large piece of timber or iron
• Bulgarian: греда́ (gredá) — large piece of timber or iron
• Chinese Mandarin: 梁 (liáng) — large piece of timber or iron
• Chinese Mandarin: 橫梁 (héngliáng) — large piece of timber or iron
• Czech: břevno — large piece of timber or iron
• Czech: trám — large piece of timber or iron
• Old Czech: břevno — large piece of timber or iron
• Dalmatian: trua — large piece of timber or iron
• Danish: bjælke — large piece of timber or iron
• Dutch: balk — large piece of timber or iron
• Dutch: biels — large piece of timber or iron
• Esperanto: trabo — large piece of timber or iron
• Finnish: palkki — large piece of timber or iron
• French: madrier — large piece of timber or iron
• Galician: trabe — large piece of timber or iron
• Galician: viga — large piece of timber or iron
• German: Balken — large piece of timber or iron
• Bavarian German: Baam — large piece of timber or iron
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐍃 (ans) — large piece of timber or iron
• Greek: δοκάρι (dokári) — large piece of timber or iron
• Ancient Greek: δοκός (dokós) — large piece of timber or iron
• Hungarian: gerenda — large piece of timber or iron
• Icelandic: bjálki — large piece of timber or iron
• Ido: trabo — large piece of timber or iron
• Indonesian: balok — large piece of timber or iron
• Irish: bíoma — large piece of timber or iron
• Irish: giarsa — large piece of timber or iron
• Italian: trave — large piece of timber or iron
• Italian: asse — large piece of timber or iron
• Japanese: 梁 (hari) — large piece of timber or iron
• Japanese: 桁 (keta) — large piece of timber or iron
• Kamkata-viri: kaṭë — large piece of timber or iron
• Kikai: 桁 (hita) — large piece of timber or iron
• Kunigami: 桁 (khitā) — large piece of timber or iron
• Latin: trabs — large piece of timber or iron
• Latin: tignum — large piece of timber or iron
• Luxembourgish: Dunn — large piece of timber or iron
• Malay: rasuk — large piece of timber or iron
• Malay: alang — large piece of timber or iron
• Malay: galang — large piece of timber or iron
• Malay: pelancar — large piece of timber or iron
• Malay: balak — large piece of timber or iron
• Māori: kurupae — large piece of timber or iron
• Miyako: 桁 (kita) — large piece of timber or iron
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjelke — large piece of timber or iron
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjelke — large piece of timber or iron
• Okinawan: 桁 (kita) — large piece of timber or iron
• Old Galician-Portuguese: trave — large piece of timber or iron
• Persian: تیرک (tirak) — large piece of timber or iron
• Persian: فرسپ (farasp) — large piece of timber or iron
• Persian: میله (mile) — large piece of timber or iron
• Polish: belka — large piece of timber or iron
• Portuguese: trave — large piece of timber or iron
• Portuguese: viga — large piece of timber or iron
• Prasuni: këṭë — large piece of timber or iron
• Romanian: grindă — large piece of timber or iron
• Russian: ба́лка (bálka) — large piece of timber or iron
• Russian: брус (brus) — large piece of timber or iron
• Russian: бревно́ (brevnó) — large piece of timber or iron
• Serbo-Croatian: греда — large piece of timber or iron
• Serbo-Croatian: брвно — large piece of timber or iron
• Serbo-Croatian: greda — large piece of timber or iron
• Serbo-Croatian: brvno — large piece of timber or iron
• Slovak: brvno — large piece of timber or iron
• Old Slovak: brvno — large piece of timber or iron
• Slovene: tram — large piece of timber or iron
• Spanish: viga — large piece of timber or iron
• Swedish: balk — large piece of timber or iron
• Tagalog: sinag — large piece of timber or iron
• Tagalog: barakilan — large piece of timber or iron
• Turkish: kiriş — large piece of timber or iron
• Ottoman Turkish: مرتك (mertek) — large piece of timber or iron
• Ottoman Turkish: دیرك (direk) — large piece of timber or iron
• Ukrainian: ба́лка (bálka) — large piece of timber or iron
• Uzbek: to'sim — large piece of timber or iron
• Uzbek: sinch — large piece of timber or iron
• Volapük: bem — large piece of timber or iron
• Waigali: kāṭa — large piece of timber or iron
• Yaeyama: 桁 (kita) — large piece of timber or iron
• Yoron: 桁 (shita) — large piece of timber or iron
• Zazaki: qetil — large piece of timber or iron
• Arabic: كَمَرَة (kamara) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Arabic: جَائِز (jāʔiz) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Belarusian: бэлька (belʹka) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Belarusian: перакладзіна (pjerakladzina) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Bulgarian: тре́гер (tréger) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Danish: bjælke — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Danish: drager — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Dutch: balk — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Farefare: bãraaga — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Finnish: palkki — principal horizontal beam in a building
• French: poutre — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Galician: trabe — principal horizontal beam in a building
• German: Balken — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Bavarian German: Baam — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Ancient Greek: δοκός (dokós) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Ido: trabo — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Ido: traverso — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Ingrian: balkka — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Italian: architrave — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Latin: trabs — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Latvian: sija — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Malay: rasuk — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Malay: alang — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Malay: galang — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Māori: kurupae — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Māori: kauae — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Māori: kauwae — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjelke — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjelke — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Plautdietsch: Baulkjen — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Portuguese: viga — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Russian: ба́лка (bálka) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Russian: перекла́дина (perekládina) — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Spanish: viga — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Spanish: jácena — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Spanish: travesaño — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Swedish: balk — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Swedish: bjälke — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Tagalog: sepo — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Turkish: kiriş — principal horizontal beam in a building
• Bulgarian: бимс (bims) — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Finnish: palkki — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Finnish: poikittaispalkki — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Galician: bao — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Bavarian German: Baam — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Hebrew: קוֹרַת רֹחַב (korat rokhav) — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Italian: traversa — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Malay: pelancar — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Russian: бимс (bims) — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Russian: тра́верз (tráverz) — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Swahili: boriti — transverse member of a ship's frame
• Dutch: breedte — maximum width of a vessel
• Finnish: leveys — maximum width of a vessel
• Galician: manga — maximum width of a vessel
• German: Breite — maximum width of a vessel
• Spanish: manga — maximum width of a vessel
• Finnish: orsi — crossbar of a balance
• Finnish: varsi — crossbar of a balance
• Italian: braccio — crossbar of a balance
• Russian: коромы́сло (koromýslo) — crossbar of a balance
• Finnish: tyvi — principal stem of an antler
• French: merrain — principal stem of an antler
• French: perche — principal stem of an antler
• Galician: cambón — principal stem of an antler
• Italian: corno principale — principal stem of an antler
• Czech: oj — pole of a carriage
• Dutch: dissel — pole of a carriage
• Finnish: aisa — pole of a carriage
• French: limon — pole of a carriage
• French: timon — pole of a carriage
• Galician: cabezalla — pole of a carriage
• German: Deichsel — pole of a carriage
• Italian: barra timone — pole of a carriage
• Russian: ды́шло (dýšlo) — pole of a carriage
• Bulgarian: стъбло (stǎblo) — shank of an anchor
• Finnish: valin — shank of an anchor
• Russian: веретено́ (veretenó) — shank of an anchor
• Albanian: shtijë — bar of a plow
• Albanian: koll — bar of a plow
• Breton: lazh — bar of a plow
• Catalan: cameta — bar of a plow
• Dutch: ploegboom — bar of a plow
• Finnish: runko — bar of a plow
• French: age — bar of a plow
• Galician: lata — bar of a plow
• Galician: temón — bar of a plow
• German: Pflugbaum — bar of a plow
• German: Grindel — bar of a plow
• Italian: bure — bar of a plow
• Latin: būris — bar of a plow
• Latin: būra — bar of a plow
• Latin: urvum — bar of a plow
• Portuguese: timão — bar of a plow
• Portuguese: temão — bar of a plow
• Portuguese: apo — bar of a plow
• Russian: гря́диль (grjádilʹ) — bar of a plow
• Spanish: timón — bar of a plow
• Welsh: arnodd — bar of a plow
• Finnish: kiertokanki — working beam
• Russian: шату́н (šatún) — working beam
• Arabic: شُعَاع (šuʕāʕ) — ray
• Armenian: ճառագայթ (čaṙagaytʻ) — ray
• Armenian: ճաճանչ (čačančʻ) — ray
• Armenian: շող (šoġ) — ray
• Azerbaijani: şüa — ray
• Bashkir: нур (nur) — ray
• Belarusian: праме́нь (pramjénʹ) — ray
• Bulgarian: лъч (lǎč) — ray
• Chinese Mandarin: 光束 (guāngshù) — ray
• Chinese Mandarin: 光線 /光线 (guāngxiàn) — ray
• Chinese Mandarin: 射線 /射线 (shèxiàn) — ray
• Czech: paprsek — ray
• Dutch: bundel — ray
• Dutch: straal — ray
• Esperanto: radio — ray
• Finnish: säde — ray
• French: faisceau — ray
• Galician: raio — ray
• Galician: raza — ray
• German: Strahl — ray
• Greek: ακτίνα (aktína) — ray
• Ancient Greek: ἀκτίς (aktís) — ray
• Hebrew: אֲלֻמָּה (alumá) — ray
• Hindi: किरण (kiraṇ) — ray
• Hindi: रश्मि (raśmi) — ray
• Hungarian: sugár — ray
• Icelandic: geisli — ray
• Ido: radio — ray
• Italian: raggio — ray
• Japanese: ビーム (bīmu) — ray
• Japanese: 光線 (kōsen) — ray
• Korean: 광선 (gwangseon) — ray
• Korean: 빔 (bim) — ray
• Korean: 빛줄기 (bitjulgi) — ray
• Latin: radius — ray
• Luxembourgish: Stral — ray
• Malay: sinaran — ray
• Māori: haeata — ray
• Persian: بامه (bâme) — ray
• Persian: پرتو (partow) — ray
• Persian: شعاع (šo'â') — ray
• Polish: promień — ray
• Portuguese: feixe — ray
• Portuguese: raio — ray
• Romanian: rază — ray
• Russian: луч (luč) — ray
• Sanskrit: अक्तु (aktú) — ray
• Slovene: žarek — ray
• Spanish: radio — ray
• Swedish: stråle — ray
• Tocharian B: swāñco — ray
• Turkish: ışın — ray
• Ukrainian: про́мінь (próminʹ) — ray
• Vietnamese: tia — ray
• Welsh: paladr — ray
• Zazaki: berq — ray
• Chinese Mandarin: 符槓 /符杠 (fúgàng) — connector of notes
• Dutch: balk — connector of notes
• Finnish: palkki — connector of notes
• French: lien — connector of notes
• French: ligature — connector of notes
• German: Balken — connector of notes
• Bulgarian: излъчвам (izlǎčvam) — to emit light
• Danish: stråle — to emit light
• Finnish: säteillä — to emit light
• French: rayonner — to emit light
• French: briller — to emit light
• German: strahlen — to emit light
• Greek: ακτινοβολώ (aktinovoló) — to emit light
• Māori: aho — to emit light
• Swedish: stråla — to emit light
• Dutch: stralen — to smile broadly
• Finnish: säteillä — to smile broadly
• French: rayonner — to smile broadly
• German: strahlen — to smile broadly
• Greek: ακτινοβολώ (aktinovoló) — to smile broadly
• Māori: mingo(mingo) kata — to smile broadly
• Māori: mimingo kata — to smile broadly
• Swedish: stråla — to smile broadly
• Finnish: palkittaa — to furnish with beams
• Polish: belkować — to furnish with beams
• Polish: obelkować — to furnish with beams
• Finnish: säteilyttää — scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism
• French: téléporter — scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism
• German: beamen — scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism
• Swedish: stråla — scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism
• German: beamen — weaving: to put on a beam