"Gollum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɑləm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gollum.wav Forms: Gollums [plural]
enPR: gäl'əm [US] Rhymes: -ɒləm Etymology: A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat". The name, Sméagol, comes from Old English smeagan (“to burrow”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|smeagan||to burrow}} Old English smeagan (“to burrow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gollum (plural Gollums)
  1. A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Translations (fictional character): গলম (golom) (Bengali), Gòl·lum [masculine] (Catalan), 咕嚕 /咕噜 (gūlu) (Chinese Mandarin), Glum [masculine] (Czech), Gollem (Dutch), Sméagol (Dutch), Klonkku (Finnish), Gollum (German), גולום (Hebrew), ゴクリ (Japanese), गोल्लम (gollam) [masculine] (Marathi), Горлум (Gorlum) (Russian), Голлум (english: Gollum) (Russian), Голум [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Golum [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Gollum (Swedish), กอลลัม (gɔn-lâm) (Thai)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɑləm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gollum.wav Forms: Gollums [present, singular, third-person], Golluming [participle, present], Gollumed [participle, past], Gollumed [past]
enPR: gäl'əm [US] Rhymes: -ɒləm Etymology: A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat". The name, Sméagol, comes from Old English smeagan (“to burrow”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|smeagan||to burrow}} Old English smeagan (“to burrow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Gollum (third-person singular simple present Gollums, present participle Golluming, simple past and past participle Gollumed)
  1. To act like Gollum, the fictional character.
    Sense id: en-Gollum-en-verb-HwDVQNM5 Categories (other): Fictional characters Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 42 58

Noun [German]

Forms: Gollums [genitive], Gollums [plural]
Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s}} Gollum m (strong, genitive Gollums, plural Gollums)
  1. Gollum Tags: masculine, strong
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Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} Gollum
  1. Gollum
    Sense id: en-Gollum-sv-noun-stTkje52 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From English Gollum, the character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, "to whom this shark bears some resemblance in form and habits." See more on Wikipedia: Slender smooth-hound § Taxonomy and phylogeny. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|en|Gollum}} English Gollum Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Gollum|nogendercat=1}} Gollum m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudotriakidae – slender smooth-hound and gollumsharks. Tags: masculine Hyponyms (genus): Gollum attenuatus (english: slender smooth-hound), Gollum suluensis (alt: Sulu gollumshark) (english: described species), white-marked gollumshark (english: undescribed species)
    Sense id: en-Gollum-mul-name-NhJelnM7 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Sharks, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Chondrichthyes (english: superclass), Elasmobranchii (english: family) [class], Selachimorpha (english: superorder), Carcharhiniformes (english: order), Pseudotriakidae (english: family)

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