"Ramus" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɹeɪməs/
Rhymes: -eɪməs Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin Ramus, from Middle French de La Ramée. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|NL.|Ramus}} Borrowed from New Latin Ramus, {{der|en|frm|de La Ramée}} Middle French de La Ramée Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ramus
  1. Petrus Ramus (1515–1572), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer, originally named Pierre de la Ramée. Derived forms: Ramian, Ramism, Ramist
    Sense id: en-Ramus-en-name-939K-PSo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 18 16 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 14 22 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɹeɪməs/ Forms: Ramuses [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪməs Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place. * Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Ramus}} French Ramus, {{der|en|fro|ramu||branch}} Old French ramu (“branch”), {{bor|en|nl|Ramus}} Dutch Ramus, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Ramus (plural Ramuses)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Ramus-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 14 22 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [ˈraː.mus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Ramī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ramus [nominative, singular], Ramī [genitive, singular], Ramō [dative, singular], Ramum [accusative, singular], Ramō [ablative, singular], Rame [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Derived from Middle French de La Ramée. Etymology templates: {{der|la|frm|de La Ramée}} Middle French de La Ramée Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Ramus<2>}} Ramus m sg (genitive Ramī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Ramus<2>}}
  1. (New Latin) a surname famously held by: Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, masculine, singular
    Sense id: en-Ramus-la-name-2pnZqR6z Categories (other): Latin surnames, New Latin, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 14 22 34
  2. (New Latin) a surname famously held by:
    Pierre de La Ramée (Latinized to Petrus Ramus).
    Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, masculine, singular
    Sense id: en-Ramus-la-name--XPpt-P8 Categories (other): Latin surnames, New Latin, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 14 22 34 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 35 65

Inflected forms

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