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pram

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: prăm
  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹæm/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æm
  • Received-Pronunciation: präm
  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɑːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perambulator, baby carriage

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A pushchair; a buggy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, historical

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, historical

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A type of dinghy with a flat bow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Acronym of parallel random-access machine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheeled vehicle

Narrower terms: bassinet

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts? Proto-Indo-European *h2m̥bhíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h2elh2-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Latin perambulō Latin perambulātusbor. English perambulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English perambulatorclip. English pram Clipping of perambulator.

From Dutch praam (“a flat-bottomed boat”), from Middle Dutch praem, from Middle Low German prām, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَرَبَةْ أَطْفَال (ʕarabat ʔaṭfāl) — perambulator
  • Armenian: մանկասայլակ (mankasaylak) — perambulator
  • Armenian: կալյասկա (kalyaska) — perambulator
  • Belarusian: каля́ска (kaljáska) — perambulator
  • Belarusian: дзіця́чая каля́ска (dzicjáčaja kaljáska) — perambulator
  • Bulgarian: де́тска коли́чка (détska kolíčka) — perambulator
  • Chinese Mandarin: 童車 /童车 (tóngchē) — perambulator
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬰兒車 /婴儿车 (yīng'érchē) — perambulator
  • Czech: kočárek — perambulator
  • Danish: barnevogn — perambulator
  • Dutch: kinderwagen — perambulator
  • Esperanto: beboĉaro — perambulator
  • Esperanto: beboĉareto — perambulator
  • Esperanto: infanĉareto — perambulator
  • Finnish: lastenvaunut — perambulator
  • French: landau — perambulator
  • German: Kinderwagen — perambulator
  • Hungarian: babakocsi — perambulator
  • Icelandic: barnavagn — perambulator
  • Indonesian: kereta bayi — perambulator
  • Irish: naíchóiste — perambulator
  • Irish: cóiste linbh — perambulator
  • Japanese: 乳母車 (ubaguruma) — perambulator
  • Japanese: ベビーカー (bebīkā) — perambulator
  • Korean: 유모차 (yumocha) — perambulator
  • Macedonian: ко́личка (kólička) — perambulator
  • Macedonian: де́тска ко́личка (détska kólička) — perambulator
  • Mongolian: хүүхдийн тэрэг (xüüxdiin tereg) — perambulator
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barnevogn — perambulator
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barnevogn — perambulator
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дзецински кочик (dzecinski kočik) — perambulator
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кочик (kočik) — perambulator
  • Iranian Persian: کالِسْکِه (kâleske) — perambulator
  • Polish: wózek — perambulator
  • Polish: wózek dziecięcy — perambulator
  • Portuguese: carrinho de bebé — perambulator
  • Portuguese: carrinho de bebê — perambulator
  • Romanian: cărucior — perambulator
  • Russian: коля́ска (koljáska) — perambulator
  • Russian: де́тская коля́ска (détskaja koljáska) — perambulator
  • Slovak: kočík — perambulator
  • Spanish: cochecito [de bebé] — perambulator
  • Spanish: carrito [de bebé] — perambulator
  • Spanish: carriola — perambulator
  • Spanish: coche guagua — perambulator
  • Swedish: barnvagn — perambulator
  • Turkish: bebek arabası — perambulator
  • Ukrainian: коля́ска (koljáska) — perambulator
  • Ukrainian: дитя́ча коля́ска (dytjáča koljáska) — perambulator
  • Finnish: proomu — flat-bottomed barge
  • German: Prahm — flat-bottomed barge
  • Ido: pramo — flat-bottomed barge
  • Portuguese: chata — flat-bottomed barge
  • Russian: плоскодо́нка (ploskodónka) — flat-bottomed barge
  • Lower Sorbian: prama — flat-bottomed barge
  • Finnish: jolla — type of dinghy