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Tram Definition

See also Tram, trám, tràm, trăm, and trẫm

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English

Etymology

From Low German traam'. The popular derivation from tramway builder Benjamin Outram is false: the term pre-dated him.

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Tram

Wikipedia tram (plural trams)

  1. A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road.
  2. A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
    • 1789, John Brand, History of Newcastle Upon Tyne, volume II, page 681. (Quoted in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, centenary edition, 1971, ISBN 304-93570-0.)
      Trams are a kind of sledge on which coals are brought from the place where they are hewn to the shaft. A tram has four wheels but a sledge is without wheels.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin trama.

Noun

tram

  1. segment (of road etc.)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English tram.

Noun

tram m. (plural trams or trammen, diminutive trammetje)

  1. A tram, vehicle on rails for passenger transport in cities.

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Italian

Noun

tram m. inv.

  1. tram, streetcar

 

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