"holm" meaning in English

See holm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /həʊm/ [UK], /həʊlm/ [UK], /hoʊm/ [US], /hoʊlm/ [US] Forms: holms [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊm Etymology: From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|holm}} Middle English holm, {{inh|en|ang|holm|t=wave, ocean, water, sea, islet}} Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”), {{der|en|non|holmr|}} Old Norse holmr, {{der|en|gem-pro|*hulmaz|t=rising ground, hill, island}} Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|osx|holm}} Old Saxon holm, {{cog|gml|holm}} Middle Low German holm, {{cog|de|Holm}} German Holm, {{cog|dum|holm}} Middle Dutch holm, {{cog|da|holm}} Danish holm, {{cog|sv|holme}} Swedish holme, {{cog|nb|holme}} Norwegian Bokmål holme, {{cog|is|hólmur}} Icelandic hólmur Head templates: {{en-noun}} holm (plural holms)
  1. Small island, islet. Categories (lifeform): Oaks Translations (small island): holm [common-gender] (Danish), holm [masculine] (Dutch), luoto (Finnish), innis [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), holme (Swedish), остріве́ць (ostrivécʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-holm-en-noun-gAdE~bg1 Disambiguation of Oaks: 17 10 27 17 2 27 Disambiguation of 'small island': 54 7 39 0
  2. An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
    Sense id: en-holm-en-noun-mxralajz
  3. (dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. Tags: Orkney, Scotland, dialectal Categories (place): Landforms Categories (lifeform): Oaks
    Sense id: en-holm-en-noun-wWCm43co Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 21 28 18 1 12 Disambiguation of Oaks: 17 10 27 17 2 27 Categories (other): Orkney English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 15 29 18 1 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 14 51 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 21 13 29 17 2 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 14 29 16 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 11 55 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 15 47 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 13 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 16 10 57 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 12 48 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 12 47 20
  4. Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland. Categories (lifeform): Oaks
    Sense id: en-holm-en-noun-C-vLuThp Disambiguation of Oaks: 17 10 27 17 2 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: holme [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /həʊm/ [UK], /həʊlm/ [UK], /hoʊm/ [US], /hoʊlm/ [US] Forms: holms [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊm Etymology: From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holm}} Middle English holm, {{cog|enm|holin|t=holly}} Middle English holin (“holly”), {{doublet|en|hollin|holly}} Doublet of hollin and holly Head templates: {{en-noun}} holm (plural holms)
  1. (obsolete outside dialects) The holly. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Hollies
    Sense id: en-holm-en-noun-en:holly Disambiguation of Hollies: 11 7 25 10 35 11
  2. A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak. Categories (lifeform): Oaks
    Sense id: en-holm-en-noun-3Dzu5qYu Disambiguation of Oaks: 17 10 27 17 2 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: holming, holm oak, sea holm
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "2": "holm"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "holme"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish holme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "holme"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål holme",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hólmur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic hólmur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "holm (plural holms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Small island, islet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "islet",
          "islet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyot",
          "eyot"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "Orkney English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "holly",
          "holly"
        ],
        [
          "islet",
          "islet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly West Yorkshire(?)",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Orkney",
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river-meadow",
          "river-meadow"
        ],
        [
          "bottomland",
          "bottomland"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/həʊm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/həʊlm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊlm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊm"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "home"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "holme"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small island",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "holm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small island",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "holm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small island",
      "word": "luoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "small island",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "innis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small island",
      "word": "holme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ostrivécʹ",
      "sense": "small island",
      "word": "остріве́ць"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Holm (island)"
  ],
  "word": "holm"
}

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    "English doublets",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊm",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊm/1 syllable",
    "en:Hollies",
    "en:Landforms",
    "en:Oaks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "holming"
    },
    {
      "word": "holm oak"
    },
    {
      "word": "sea holm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "holm"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holin",
        "t": "holly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holin (“holly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hollin",
        "3": "holly"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of hollin and holly",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "holm (plural holms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 5:",
          "text": "The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The holly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "holly",
          "holly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete outside dialects) The holly."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:holly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evergreen",
          "evergreen"
        ],
        [
          "oak",
          "oak"
        ],
        [
          "Quercus ilex",
          "Quercus ilex#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "holm oak",
          "holm oak"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/həʊm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/həʊlm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊlm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊm"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "home"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holm"
}

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