gloom

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡluːm/
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• General-American: /ɡlum/
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• rhymes with -uːm
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• CMU ARPABET: G L UW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”).

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тъмнина (tǎmnina) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Bulgarian: мрак (mrak) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Catalan: foscor — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Dutch: duisternis — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Finnish: hämy — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• French: obscurité — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• French: pénombre — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• French: grisaille — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Galician: tebras — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Galician: noitebra — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Galician: cendra — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Galician: escuridade — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Galician: fusco — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Galician: negrura — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Georgian: წყვდიადი (c̣q̇vdiadi) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Georgian: ბნელეთი (bneleti) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Georgian: უკუნეთი (uḳuneti) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Georgian: სიბნელე (sibnele) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Georgian: ბნელი (bneli) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• German: Düsternis — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• German: Dunkelheit — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Greek: σκότος (skótos) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Greek: ζόφος (zófos) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Greek: σκοτεινιά (skoteiniá) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Ancient Greek: γνόφος (gnóphos) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Hebrew: חשך (khóshekh) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Italian: oscurità — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Italian: tenebre — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Italian: buio — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Māori: hiawe — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Māori: pōuritanga — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Norwegian: halvmørke — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Portuguese: trevas — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Portuguese: escuridão — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Portuguese: escuro — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Romanian: întunecare — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Russian: тьма (tʹma) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Russian: мрак (mrak) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Russian: темнота́ (temnotá) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Russian: мгла (mgla) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Sanskrit: तमस् (tamas) — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Spanish: penumbra — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Welsh: caddug — darkness, dimness, or obscurity
• Bulgarian: мрачност (mračnost) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Bulgarian: меланхолия (melanholija) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Catalan: tristesa — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Esperanto: morno — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Finnish: ankeus — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• French: morosité — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• French: noirceur — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• French: sombreur — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Galician: tebras — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Galician: sóma — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Galician: cendra — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Georgian: მოღუშულობა (moɣušuloba) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• German: Trübnis — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Greek: μελαγχολία (melancholía) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Ancient Greek: στυγνία (stugnía) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Hebrew: דיכאון (dikaón) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Italian: depressione — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Italian: tristezza — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Latin: mōrōsitās — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Portuguese: trevas — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Portuguese: melancolia — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Portuguese: tristeza — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Romanian: melancolie — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Russian: уны́ние (unýnije) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Spanish: tristeza — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Yiddish: אומעט (umet) — depressing, despondent, or melancholy atmosphere
• Finnish: ankeus — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• French: morosité — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Galician: saudade — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Galician: morriña — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Georgian: დაღვრემილობა (daɣvremiloba) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Georgian: გულგატეხილობა (gulgaṭexiloba) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Georgian: სევდა (sevda) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Georgian: ნაღველი (naɣveli) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• German: Schwermut — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• German: Melancholie — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• German: Niedergeschlagenheit — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Greek: μελαγχολία (melancholía) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Greek: κατήφεια (katífeia) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Greek: αποθάρρυνση (apothárrynsi) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Irish: gruaim — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Spanish: melancolía — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
• Ottoman Turkish: وحشت (vahşet) — cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness