Aam

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ɑːm/, /ɔːm/
• US IPA: /É‘m/, /É”m/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɔːm

Alternative forms

• aum
• awm

Origin

Borrowing from nl aam, from Late Latin ama, from Ancient Greek ἄμη (amē, "bucket"). Compare Latin hama ("water bucket").

Full definition of aam

Noun

1. (historical) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, and at Hamburg 38¼. first attested around 1350 to 1470

Anagrams

• ama, AMA, maa