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Webster 1913 Edition


Kam

Kam

,
Adj.
[From Celtic; cf. Gael., Ir., & W.
cam
. Cf.
Jamb
,
Noun.
]
Crooked; awry.
[Obs.]
“This is clean kam.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kam

KAM

,
Adj.
Crooked. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


Kam

Kam

See also: kam, KAM, kám, and käm-

Turkish

Proper noun

Kam

  1. A male given name

kam

kam

See also: Kam, KAM, kám, and käm-

English

Adjective

kam (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) crooked, awry
    • 160?, Shakespeare, Coriolanus
      This is clean kam.


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kam.

Noun

kam (plural kamme)

  1. comb

Albanian

Etymology

Suppletive. The aorist and participle are from Proto-Albanian *pat(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *poti-o-, cognate with Latin potior (to have a share in, take possession of).[1] The other forms are from Proto-Albanian *kapmi, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to seize, to grasp), cognate with Latin capiō (take, seize), and akin to Proto-Germanic *habjaną (to have, to hold) (whence English have, German haben (to have), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban, to have)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kam]

Verb

kam (first-person singular past tense pata, participle pasur)

  1. I have

Conjugation

Related terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), kam”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 167

Czech

Pronunciation

Adverb

kam

  1. where (to what place)

Antonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.

Noun

Kam

kam m (plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)

  1. A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc.
  2. (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape
  3. (technical) A cam
  4. bridge (e.g. of a violin)

Derived terms

  • kamband n
  • kamblad n
  • kambuisje n, kametui n
  • kamdoos
  • kamdoublet n
  • kamdrager
  • kamduiker
  • kamduin
  • kamhaak
  • kamgaren n
  • kamgras n
  • kamhaak
  • kamhout n
  • kamkever
  • kammeling
  • kammen
  • kammer m
  • kammig (also -kammig in compounds)
  • kammug
  • kamneus
  • kamoester
  • kamplaat
  • kamrad n
  • kamreep
  • kamschede
  • kamschelp
  • kamslager
  • kamvaren
  • kamsel n
  • kamvaren
  • kamwiel n
  • (comb types by use) haarkam, paardekam, roskam
  • stofkam

Verb

kam

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kammen
  2. imperative of kammen

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaːm]

Verb

kam

  1. first-person singular indicative past of kommen
  2. third-person singular indicative past of kommen

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin quam.

Adverb

kam

  1. than, as, to (in comparison)
    Plu multa kam me. More than me.
    La karno esas plu fresha kam la fisho. The meat is fresher than the fish.

See also

  • tam (as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.))

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Noun

kam m

  1. A stone, rock, boulder
  2. A shoal, reef (above or below water)

Latvian

Pronoun

kam

  1. dative form of kas

Lithuanian

Pronoun

kam m

  1. (pejorative) (interrogative) why, for what reason, what's the reason (literally: who for)
    O kam tau to reikia?
    And why do you barely need this?

Synonyms


Lojban

Rafsi

kam

  1. rafsi of ka.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammer, definite plural kammene)

  1. a comb

Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammar, definite plural kammane)

  1. a comb

Derived terms


Novial

Preposition

kam

  1. than, as
    plu boni kam — better than
    tam boni kam — as good as
    min boni kam — worse than

Related terms

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâːm/

Noun

kȃm m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑м)

  1. (poetic) stone, rock
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Adverb

kam

  1. (Kajkavian) where (to), in which direction, whither
Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr,[1] cognate with Danish kam[1] and Dutch kam. That in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm).[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth (animate)),[1] whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, peg),[1]Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ, tooth), Russian зуб (zub, tooth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam/, IPA(key): [kʰam]

Noun

kam c

  1. a comb for grooming hair
  2. a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
  3. a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
  4. a crest, ridge of a wave
  5. a cam, a part of an engine

Declension

Inflection of kam 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kam kammen kammar kammarna
Genitive kams kammens kammars kammarnas

Derived terms

  • bergskam (mountain ridge)
  • vågkam (wave ridge)

Related terms

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Swedish etymological dictionary (article "kam", in Swedish)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English come

Noun

kam

  1. come
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):
      Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.
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Zazaki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cam/

Pronoun

kam

  1. who