Norman

Proper noun

Tam m

1. (Jersey) A diminutive of the male given name Thonmas

Scots

Proper noun

Tam

1. A diminutive of the male given name Thomas.

English

Noun

tam ‎(plural tams)

1. Synonym of tam o'shanter.
   • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader:

     Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

Etymology 2

From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔

Noun

tam ‎(plural tams)

1. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Anagrams

• AMT, ATM, atm, Mat, Mat., mat, TMA

Chewong

Noun

tam

1. water

References

• Signe Howell, Society and Cosmos: Chewong of Peninsular Malaysia (1984), page 128

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

1. teeming, full

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

1. there (in or at that place or location)
2. there (to or into that place)

Antonyms

• (to or into that place): zpět, zpátky

Derived terms

• tamní
• tamější
• tamtudy

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

Inflection

References

• “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam ‎(comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

1. tame, not wild
2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Inflection

Anagrams

• mat

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin tam.

Adverb

tam

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

See also

• kam ‎(“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

Kurdish

Noun

tam ?

1. taste

Derived terms

• bêtam
• bêtamî
• bêtamîtî
• bêtamtî
• bitam
• bitamî
• bitamîtî
• bitamtî
• tamandin
• tamandî
• tamdar
• tamdarî
• tamdarîtî
• tamdartî
• tamder
• tamderî
• tamderîtî
• tamdertî
• tamdêr
• tamdêrî
• tamdêrîtî
• tamdêrtî
• tamijandin
• tamijandî
• tamijiyayî
• tamijî
• tamijîn
• tamijîner
• tamijok
• tamî
• tam jê hatin
• tamker
• tam kirin
• tamkirî

Adverb

tam

1. precisely, exactly

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam, num-nam.

Adverb

tam ‎(not comparable)

1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

   Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet‎

   Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam

1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "as x, so y"
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V

     Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.

     But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Derived terms

• tamen
• tamquam
• tandem
• tantus

Decendants

• Old Portuguese: tan
• Portuguese: tam, tão
• Spanish: tan

References

• tam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TAM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tam”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
    

Latvian

Pronoun

tam

1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

Lojban

Rafsi

tam

1. rafsi of tarmi.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

Adverb

tam

1. there (in that place)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam ‎(neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

References

• “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam ‎(neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

References

• “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Novial

Adverb

tam

1. as (comparative)

Coordinate terms

• plu
• min

See also

• kam

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ãm]

Pronoun

tam

1. there

Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of tão

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms

• tamo

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. there
2. thither

Synonyms

• (thither): ta

Antonyms

• (there): tu
• (thither): sem

References

• tam in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtám/
• Tonal orthography: tȁm

Adverb

tàm

1. there, in that place

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

1. tame (not wild)

Declension

Related terms

• tämja

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. there

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 三 (“three”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˥]

Numeral

tam

1. (cardinal, Sino-Vietnamese) three
2. (ordinal) third; thirdly

See also

• ba