"erm" meaning in English

See erm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ɝm/ [US], /ɜːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-erm.ogg [US]
enPR: ûrm Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Head templates: {{en-interj}} erm
  1. (UK) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm. Tags: UK Translations (expression of uncertainty): euh (Dutch), ää (Estonian), öö (Finnish), ää (Finnish), umm (Finnish), ööh (Finnish), euh (French), äh (German), uhm (Italian), hm (Polish), hmm (Polish), hm (Portuguese), эээ (eee) (Russian), эммм (emmm) (Russian), хммм (xmmm) (Russian), ovaj (Serbo-Croatian), umm (Serbo-Croatian), öh (Swedish), ym (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-erm-en-intj-MI4Jox4F Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English filled pauses, English onomatopoeias, Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English filled pauses: 65 35 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 63 37 Disambiguation of Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 3 51 21 1 13 Disambiguation of 'expression of uncertainty': 87 13
  2. (UK) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement. Tags: UK Translations (indication of secondary message): euh (Dutch), öhöm (Finnish), tuota (Finnish), tota (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erm-en-intj-x6wORNan Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'indication of secondary message': 44 56

Download JSON data for erm meaning in English (4.8kB)

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