Pronunciation spelling ofgrandma.
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæ(m)mɑː/,/ˈɡɹæmə/
gramma (pluralgrammas)
- (colloquial) Agrandmother.
1901, Karl Groos, James Mark Baldwin,The Play of Man, page138:Go on, there, driver,gramma is going.
1910 January, W.D.N., “The Dinner at Grampa's”, inHarper's Monthly Magazine, volume120, number716, page321:Mygramma—all her hair is white Likesnow is, but it isn'tcold.
1952, Louise Woodcock,Life and Ways of the Two-year-old, page244:Polly trotted here and there with motions of takinggramma's hand, and so forth.
gramma (pluralgrammas)
- (Australia) A variety ofpumpkin, acultivar ofCucurbita moschata.
- 1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds,The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1,page 238,
- Pumpkins andgrammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
1952, Desmond Andrew Herbert,Gardening in Warm Climates,page151:The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata) and is classed as agramma.
- 1983,Margaret Fulton,Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, Revised 2005, Republished 2009,page 493,
- Gramma, or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
gramma (pluralgrammas)
- Alternative form ofgrama.
1898, “Dennis v. United States”, inThe Pacific Reporter, volume52, page355:Accompanying said proposal any effort was made by the government to was a bond executed by said Drachman as obtaingramma hay for use at Ft. Huachuca.
1902,Report of the Governor of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior, page233:It is sometimes known as the "gramma grass," and is probably as valuable as any of the truegramma grasses; it is also called "mesquite grass."
1906, William Harding Carter,Horses, Saddles and Bridles, page369:It is relished by cattle and horses, and is next to thegramma in value in those regions.
FromAncient Greekγράμμα(grámma).Doublet ofgram.
gramma (pluralgrammata)
- Something that iswritten.
1865,James Hutchison Stirling,The Secret of Hegel: Being the Hegelian System in Origin, Principle, Form and Matter, volume II, London:Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page125:This discussion immediately before us embraces a preliminary paragraph, and three statements of moments, respectively designated by thegrammata—α,β,γ.
1933, American Academy for Jewish Research,Proceedings, volume IV, page90:“[…] The first thing that the disciple learns is to read thegrammata of his teacher.”
1993,The Greek Monasteries of Sozopolis: XIV-XVII Centuries,Institute for Balkan Studies, page20:The fourteen patriarchalgrammata which we have at our disposal in the Patmiacus codex are written by eight different patriarchs, Jeremias II claiming the lion’s share with no less than fivegrammata. Next comes Metrophanes III with threegrammata, and Dionysios I, Joasaph II, Jeremias I, Dionysios II, Theoleptos II, and Neophytos II, all with onegramma each.
- The subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
1855,J. Talboys Wheeler,The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century Before Christ: An Imaginary Biography Founded on Fact, volume I, London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, page22:The studies were divided into three branches. First, thegrammata, which included reading, writing, and arithmetic; secondly, music; and thirdly, gymnastics.
subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic
FromAncient Greekγράμμα(grámma). Seegram for more.
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑmːɑ/,[ˈɡrɑ̝mːɑ̝]
- Rhymes:-ɑmːɑ
- Syllabification(key):gram‧ma
- Hyphenation(key):gram‧ma
gramma
- gram
gramma
- indefinitegenitiveplural ofgramm
Borrowed fromRussianграмм(gramm).
gramma
- gram
1937, N. S. Popova, translated by Mihailov and D. I. Efimov,Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:1 kilogramma = 1000grammaa, 1 çentnera = 100 kilogrammaa, 1 tonna = 1000 kilogrammaa.- 1 kilogram = 1000grams, 1 centner = 100 kilograms, 1 ton = 1000 kilograms.
gramma (pluralgrammas)
- gramme,gram
gramma m (pluralgrammi)
- alternative form ofgrammo:gram
gramma n (genitivegrammatis);third declension
- gram(unit of mass)
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
- “gramma”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "gramma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “gramma”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gramma inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
gramma n
- definiteplural ofgram
gramma n
- definiteplural ofgram