loom

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• Received-Pronunciation, Wales: /luːm/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /lʉwm/
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• US: /lum/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /lʉːm/
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• /lʉm/
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• rhymes with -uːm
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• homophone: loam (one pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: L UW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lome, from Old English *lōma, ġelōma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andlōma, andġelōma, andlama (“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *lōmō, *lamō (“tool, utensil”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch alaam, allaam (“tool, household ware or good, appliance”), from Middle Dutch andlame. Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use, thing repeatedly needed", in which case, akin to Old English ġelōme (“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *lōmiz, *lōmijaz (“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break, soften”). Compare Old High German giluomo, kilōmo (“often, frequently”), Old High German luomen (“to wear out, fatigue”), Old High German *luomī (as in gastluomī (“hospitality”), Old English lama (“lame”). See lame. Outside Proto-Germanic cognate with Russian ломи́ть (lomítʹ, “to break”), лома́ть (lomátʹ, “to break, to fracture”), ле́мех (lémex, “ploughshare”). Compare typologically Serbo-Croatian ра́збо̄ј (“loom (weaving frame)”) akin to ра̀збити (“to break, to smash, to crack”).

Shetland dialect, denoting a diver or guillemot, from Old Norse lómr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh2- (“to howl”) (expressive root).

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse ljóma (“to shine, radiate”). Alternatively, perhaps related to Saterland Frisian loomje (“to limp, hobble”), German Low German lahmen (“to limp, hobble”), Swedish loma (“to go slowly”), Middle Dutch loemen (“to wreck, spoil”), Middle High German lüemen (“to become weak, limp, tire”); see English lame.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: ilo — utensil, tool, article
• Finnish: kalu — utensil, tool, article
• German: Werkzeug — utensil, tool, article
• German: Utensil — utensil, tool, article
• German: Artikel — utensil, tool, article
• Hungarian: eszköz — utensil, tool, article
• Hungarian: szerszám — utensil, tool, article
• Japanese: 道具 (dōgu) — utensil, tool, article
• Romanian: ustensilă — utensil, tool, article
• Romanian: instrument — utensil, tool, article
• Russian: средство (sredstvo) — utensil, tool, article
• Russian: устройство (ustrojstvo) — utensil, tool, article
• Russian: инструмент (instrument) — utensil, tool, article
• Russian: работа (rabota) — utensil, tool, article
• Russian: утварь (utvarʹ) — utensil, tool, article
• Russian: орудие (orudije) — utensil, tool, article
• Spanish: utensilio — utensil, tool, article
• Spanish: herramienta — utensil, tool, article
• Spanish: artículo — utensil, tool, article
• Turkish: araç — utensil, tool, article
• Turkish: alet — utensil, tool, article
• Albanian: avlëmend — weaving frame
• Albanian: tezgjah — weaving frame
• Albanian: vegjë — weaving frame
• Arabic: مِنْسَج (minsaj) — weaving frame
• Armenian: ջուլհակահաստոց (ǰulhakahastocʻ) — weaving frame
• Aromanian: arãzboi — weaving frame
• Azerbaijani: toxucu dəzgahı — weaving frame
• Azerbaijani: toxucu dəzgah — weaving frame
• Basque: ehungailu — weaving frame
• Belarusian: тка́цкі стано́к (tkácki stanók) — weaving frame
• Bulgarian: тъка́чен стан (tǎkáčen stan) — weaving frame
• Burmese: ရက်ကန်းစင် (rakkan:cang) — weaving frame
• Catalan: teler — weaving frame
• Chinese Mandarin: 織機 /织机 (zhījī) — weaving frame
• Chinese Mandarin: 織布機 /织布机 (zhībùjī) — weaving frame
• Chinese Mandarin: 紡機 /纺机 (fǎngjī) — weaving frame
• Czech: tkalcovský stav — weaving frame
• Czech: tkací stroj — weaving frame
• Danish: væv — weaving frame
• Danish: vævestol — weaving frame
• Dutch: weefgetouw — weaving frame
• Elfdalian: wevstuolur — weaving frame
• Esperanto: teksilo — weaving frame
• Esperanto: harneso — weaving frame
• Estonian: kangasteljed — weaving frame
• Estonian: kangaspuud — weaving frame
• Faroese: vevur — weaving frame
• Finnish: kangaspuut — weaving frame
• French: métier à tisser — weaving frame
• Galician: tear — weaving frame
• Georgian: საქსოვი დაზგა (saksovi dazga) — weaving frame
• German: Webstuhl — weaving frame
• Greek: αργαλειός (argaleiós) — weaving frame
• Hebrew: נוּל (nul) — weaving frame
• Hindi: करघा (karghā) — weaving frame
• Hungarian: szövőszék — weaving frame
• Hungarian: eszváta — weaving frame
• Icelandic: vefstóll — weaving frame
• Indonesian: alat tenun — weaving frame
• Indonesian: mesin tenun — weaving frame
• Ingrian: pelsimet — weaving frame
• Ingrian: kangaspuut — weaving frame
• Irish: seol — weaving frame
• Italian: telaio — weaving frame
• Japanese: 織機 (shokki) — weaving frame
• Japanese: 機 (hata) — weaving frame
• Kannada: ಕೈಮಗ್ಗ (kaimagga) — weaving frame
• Khmer: កី (kəy) — weaving frame
• Korean: 직기 (jikgi) — weaving frame
• Korean: 베틀 (beteul) — weaving frame
• Lao: ຫຼາ (lā) — weaving frame
• Lao: ກີ່ (kī) — weaving frame
• Lithuanian: audimo staklės — weaving frame
• Macedonian: разбој (razboj) — weaving frame
• Malay: alat tenun — weaving frame
• Malayalam: മഗ്ഗം (maggaṁ) — weaving frame
• Maltese: newl — weaving frame
• Māori: mīhini rangaranga — weaving frame
• Māori: anga raranga — weaving frame
• Marathi: हातमाग (hātmāg) — weaving frame
• Navajo: dah iistłʼǫ́ — weaving frame
• Nepali: तान (tān) — weaving frame
• Norwegian Bokmål: vevstol — weaving frame
• Norwegian Bokmål: vev — weaving frame
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vevstol — weaving frame
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vev — weaving frame
• Odia: ତନ୍ତ (tanta) — weaving frame
• Persian: جولایی — weaving frame
• Polish: krosno — weaving frame
• Portuguese: tear — weaving frame
• Quechua: awana — weaving frame
• Romanian: război de țesut — weaving frame
• Romanian: gherghef — weaving frame
• Russian: тка́цкий стано́к (tkáckij stanók) — weaving frame
• Russian: кро́сна (krósna) — weaving frame
• Scottish Gaelic: beart-chlò — weaving frame
• Serbo-Croatian: разбој — weaving frame
• Serbo-Croatian: стан — weaving frame
• Serbo-Croatian: razboj — weaving frame
• Serbo-Croatian: stan — weaving frame
• Slovak: krosná — weaving frame
• Slovak: tkáčsky stav — weaving frame
• Slovene: statve — weaving frame
• Spanish: telar — weaving frame
• Spanish: tricotosa — weaving frame
• Spanish: tejedora — weaving frame
• Swedish: vävstol — weaving frame
• Tamil: தறி (taṟi) — weaving frame
• Tarifit: rmarmet — weaving frame
• Telugu: మగ్గము (maggamu) — weaving frame
• Thai: หูก (hùuk) — weaving frame
• Thai: กี่ (gìi) — weaving frame
• Tibetan: འཐག་ཁྲི ('thag khri) — weaving frame
• Turkish: dokuma tezgahı — weaving frame
• Ukrainian: тка́цький верста́т (tkácʹkyj verstát) — weaving frame
• Ukrainian: кро́сна (krósna) — weaving frame
• Urdu: کار گاہ (kār gāh) — weaving frame
• Vietnamese: khung cửi — weaving frame
• Waigali: devaṭ — weaving frame
• Welsh: gwŷdd — weaving frame
• Welsh: ffrâm wau — weaving frame
• Yoruba: òfì — weaving frame
• Finnish: varsi — part of an oar
• German: Schaft — part of an oar
• Hungarian: evezőnyél — part of an oar
• Romanian: coadă — part of an oar
• Russian: черенок (čerenok) — part of an oar
• Spanish: caña — part of an oar
• Tibetan: གྲུ་སྐྱའི་ཡུ་བ (gru skya'i yu ba) — part of an oar
• Azerbaijani: başının üstünü almaq — impend, threaten, hang over
• Chinese Mandarin: 逼近 (bījìn) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Chinese Mandarin: 朦朧地出現 /朦胧地出现 (ménglóng de chūxiàn) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Czech: být na obzoru — impend, threaten, hang over
• Czech: hrozit — impend, threaten, hang over
• Dutch: opdoemen — impend, threaten, hang over
• Dutch: dreigen — impend, threaten, hang over
• Esperanto: ŝvebi — impend, threaten, hang over
• Finnish: häämöttää — impend, threaten, hang over
• Finnish: siintää — impend, threaten, hang over
• Finnish: kuvastua — impend, threaten, hang over
• French: menacer — impend, threaten, hang over
• German: drohen — impend, threaten, hang over
• German: dräuen — impend, threaten, hang over
• Greek: διαγράφομαι (diagráfomai) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Greek: διαφαίνομαι (diafaínomai) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Greek: ξεπροβάλλω (xeprovállo) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Hungarian: feldereng — impend, threaten, hang over
• Hungarian: tornyosul — impend, threaten, hang over
• Hungarian: nyomaszt — impend, threaten, hang over
• Hungarian: fenyegetően közeledik — impend, threaten, hang over
• Irish: taibhsigh — impend, threaten, hang over
• Italian: incombere — impend, threaten, hang over
• Māori: raraka — impend, threaten, hang over
• Russian: нависа́ть (navisátʹ) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Russian: нави́снуть (navísnutʹ) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Spanish: avecinarse — impend, threaten, hang over
• Spanish: mascarse — impend, threaten, hang over
• Swedish: vara överhängande — impend, threaten, hang over
• Swedish: hota — impend, threaten, hang over
• Swedish: hägra (alluringly) — impend, threaten, hang over
• Esperanto: superstari — to tower
• French: surplomber — to tower
• Italian: sovrastare — to tower