Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A town in Denmark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name Alternative form of Graham.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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name
Clipping of Instagram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
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noun
A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The seeds of these plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Grandmother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
A gramophone recording.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: broadcasting, media
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noun
Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Misspelling of graham.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, misspelling
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verb
Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hans C. J. Gram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bacteriologist
noun
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gramme, gm, g
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metric weight unit, weight unit
History
Clipping of Instagram.
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”). Doublet of gramma.
From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin grānum. Doublet of corn, grain, granum, and grao.
Clipping of gramma.
Clipping of gramophone.
Across languages
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
