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See also: DRAM, Dram, and dràm

English

(units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
1. Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
2. (pharmacy Category:en:Pharmacy#DRAM) Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
3. (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
  - 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":
    Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).
4. (obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#DRAM) Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
a dram of brandy
Category:English terms with usage examples#DRAM
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
  Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM
- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, pages 281–282:
  When Friday came to him I bade him ſpeak to him, and tell him of his Deliverance, and pulling out my Bottle, made him give the poor Wretch a Dram, which, with the News of his being deliver'd, reviv'd him, and he ſat up in the Boat […]
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM
- 1920, Marshall Walker, Will E. Skidmore, “Save a Little Dram for Me”, performed by Bert Williams:
  Oh, brethren, if you wants more preachin'
  Save a little dram for me (Glory hallelujah!)
  Drinkin' gin ain't against my teachin'
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM
- 2025 December 27, “Cocktails in a can are the new frontier for drooping drinks giants”, in FT Weekend, page 18:
  Connoisseurs may prefer to savour their dram of single malt straight up. But, for beverage companies, that's not where the growth is.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM
(historical Category:English terms with historical senses#DRAM, mining Category:en:Mining#DRAM) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- 1946 November and December, “The Saundersfoot Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
  The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#DRAM) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
- The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
  They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]

Synonyms

(small amount of something): mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch
(small amount of alcohol): see nip

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Danish: dram
- → Faroese: drammur
- → Norwegian: dram
→ Scottish Gaelic: dràm

Translations

¹⁄₁₆ ounce avoirdupois

Category:Entries with translation boxes#DRAM

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Bulgarian#DRAM
Finnish: dram (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DRAM
Polish: drachma (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DRAM
Portuguese: dracma (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DRAM

¹⁄₈ ounce apothecary — see drachm

Greek weight — see drachma

Turkish weight — see dirhem

small quantity of an alcoholic drink

Category:Entries with translation boxes#DRAM

Bulgarian: капка (bg) f (kapka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DRAM
Danish: dram cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#DRAM
Faroese: drammur mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#DRAM
Finnish: tuikku (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DRAM, naukku (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DRAM, huikka (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DRAM, tilkkanenCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#DRAM
German: Kurzer (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#DRAM
Norman: dranme fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#DRAM
Polish: kieliszek alkoholu mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DRAM
Portuguese: dedo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DRAM
Scottish Gaelic: dràm mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#DRAM

Verb

dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)Category:English lemmas#DRAM Category:English verbs#DRAM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

(dated Category:English dated terms#DRAM, intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#DRAM) To drink drams.
- 1857, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Recollections of a Lifetime:
  What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM
(dated Category:English dated terms#DRAM, transitive Category:English transitive verbs#DRAM) To ply with drams of drink.
- 1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:
  The parents […] are getting ready their daughter for sale […] praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DRAM

Etymology 2

From Armenian Category:English terms derived from Armenian#DRAM դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian Category:English terms derived from Middle Persian#DRAM 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn /⁠drahm⁠/), from Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#DRAM δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to hold, seize”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɹæm/, /dɹɑm/Category:English 1-syllable words#DRAMCategory:English 1-syllable words#DRAMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAM
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DRAM
- Audio (US): (file)
  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DRAM

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Armenian dram

Wikipedia

dram (plural drams)Category:English lemmas#DRAM Category:English nouns#DRAM Category:English countable nouns#DRAM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

(numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

Translations

currency unit of Armenia

Category:Entries with translation boxes#DRAM

Armenian: դրամ (hy) (dram)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#DRAM
Bulgarian: драм m (dram)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DRAM
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德拉姆 (délāmǔ)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DRAM
Finnish: dram (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DRAM
Georgian: დრამი (drami)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#DRAM
Greek: ντραμ (el) n (ntram)Category:Terms with Greek translations#DRAM
Navajo: dwamCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#DRAM
Polish: dram (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DRAM
Portuguese: dram (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DRAM
Romanian: dram (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#DRAM
Russian: драм (ru) m (dram)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DRAM

Anagrams

arm'd, ARMD, armd., mard, AMDR, RADM, Adm'r, RAdm

Category:en:Armenia#DRAM Category:en:Currencies#DRAM Category:en:Historical currencies#DRAM Category:en:Coins#DRAM Category:en:Units of measure#DRAM

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Danish terms borrowed from English#DRAM Category:Danish terms derived from English#DRAM dram, from Old French Category:Danish terms derived from Old French#DRAM drame, variant of dragme.

Noun

dram c (singular definite drammen, plural indefinite dramme or drammer)Category:Danish lemmas#DRAM Category:Danish nouns#DRAM Category:Danish entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Danish common-gender nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

dram (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)

Inflection

Declension of *dram*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dram	drammen	dramme drammer	drammene drammerne
genitive	drams	drammens	drammes drammers	drammenes drammernes

Descendants

→ Faroese: drammur
→ Norwegian: dram

Category:da:Alcoholic beverages#DRAM

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

dramCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#DRAM Category:Dutch verb forms#DRAM Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

inflection of drammen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Anagrams

darm, R'dam

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English#DRAM Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English#DRAM dram, from Old French Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old French#DRAM drame, from Latin Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#DRAM drachma, from Ancient Greek Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek#DRAM δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakmeCategory:Norwegian Bokmål doublets#DRAM.

Noun

dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammer, definite plural drammene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#DRAM Category:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#DRAM Category:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

a dram, nip, shot (usually of akvavit)

References

“dram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“dram” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English#DRAM Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#DRAM dram, from Old French Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old French#DRAM drame, from Latin Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#DRAM drachma, from Ancient Greek Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek#DRAM δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakmeCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk doublets#DRAM.

Noun

dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammar, definite plural drammane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DRAM Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#DRAM Category:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

a dram, nip, shot (usually of akvavit)
a drink (alcohol)
Eg skal til kroa og ta meg ein liten dram
I'm going to the pub to take a drink
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples#DRAM

References

“dram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic Category:Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#DRAM Category:Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DRAM *draum.

Noun

drām mCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#DRAM Category:Old Frisian nouns#DRAM Category:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Old Frisian masculine nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

a dream

Inflection

Declension of *drām* (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	drām	drāmar, drāma
accusative	drām	drāmar, drāma
genitive	drāmes	drāma
dative	drāme	drāmum, drāmem

Category:Old Frisian a-stem nouns#DRAM

Descendants

North Frisian: drom
Saterland Frisian: Droom
West Frisian: dream

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdram/Category:Polish 1-syllable words#DRAM Category:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAM
Rhymes: -am Category:Rhymes:Polish/am#DRAM Category:Rhymes:Polish/am/1 syllable#DRAM
Syllabification: dram

Noun

dram fCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#DRAM Category:Polish noun forms#DRAM Category:Polish entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

genitive plural of drama

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdram/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAM
Rhymes: -am Category:Rhymes:Romanian/am#DRAM Category:Rhymes:Romanian/am/1 syllable#DRAM

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek Category:Romanian terms borrowed from Greek#DRAM Category:Romanian terms derived from Greek#DRAM δράμι (drámi), from Byzantine Greek Category:Romanian terms derived from Byzantine Greek#DRAM δράμι (drámi), from Arabic Category:Romanian terms derived from Arabic#DRAM دِرْهَم (dirham), from Middle Persian Category:Romanian terms derived from Middle Persian#DRAM 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm)Category:Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#DRAM, from Ancient Greek Category:Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek#DRAM δραχμή f (drakhmḗ, “drachma”).

Noun

dram n (plural dramuri)Category:Romanian lemmas#DRAM Category:Romanian nouns#DRAM Category:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#DRAM Category:Romanian countable nouns#DRAM Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Romanian neuter nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

(historical Category:Romanian terms with historical senses#DRAM) dram (unit of measurement)
(figurative) tiny amount

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dram	dramul	dramuri	dramurile
genitive-dative	dram	dramului	dramuri	dramurilor
vocative	dramule		dramurilor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian Category:Romanian terms borrowed from Armenian#DRAM Category:Romanian terms derived from Armenian#DRAM դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian Category:Romanian terms derived from Middle Persian#DRAM 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm)Category:Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#DRAM, from Ancient Greek Category:Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek#DRAM δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

Noun

dram m (plural drami)Category:Romanian lemmas#DRAM Category:Romanian nouns#DRAM Category:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#DRAM Category:Romanian countable nouns#DRAM Category:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Romanian masculine nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

(numismatics Category:ro:Currency#DRAM) dram (currency of Armenia)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dram	dramul	drami	dramii
genitive-dative	dram	dramului	drami	dramilor
vocative	dramule		dramilor

References

“dram”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

drama, dràm

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from English#DRAM Category:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from English#DRAM dram.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ɾaum/^[1]Category:Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAM

Noun

dram m (genitive singular drama, plural dramannan)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#DRAM Category:Scottish Gaelic nouns#DRAM Category:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM Category:gd-noun 2

dram (small amount of alcoholic drink, usually whisky)

Related terms

slapag, gloc-nid, sgailc-nid, deoch-sgailce, deoch-sheide (“traditional first dram of the morning”)
deoch air uilinn, friochd, friochd-uilinn (“traditional second dram of the morning”)
deoch chasruisgte (“traditional third dram of the morning”)
deoch-bhleith, clach-bhleith (“traditional fourth dram of the morning”)
alair, ealair, falair, farair (“funeral dram”)

Mutation

Mutation of *dram*
radical	lenition
dram	dhram

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#DRAM Category:Tagalog terms derived from English#DRAM drum.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾam/ [ˈd̪ɾam]Category:Tagalog 1-syllable words#DRAM Category:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAM
Rhymes: -am Category:Rhymes:Tagalog/am#DRAM Category:Rhymes:Tagalog/am/1 syllable#DRAM
Syllabification: dramCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#DRAM

Noun

dram (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#DRAM Category:Tagalog nouns#DRAM Category:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#DRAM Category:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#DRAM Category:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#DRAM Category:Pages with entries#DRAM Category:Pages with 10 entries#DRAM

drum (barrel or large cylindrical container)
(music Category:tl:Music#DRAM) drum
Synonyms: tambol, bombo

Wikimore

dram

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Further reading