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haulm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /hɒm/
  • /hɔːm/
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  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
  2. (countable) An individual plant stem.
  3. (countable) Part of a harness; a hame.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
halm alternative lexicographic
hawm alternative lexicographic
hame alternative lexicographic
haulms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

haulmy · dehaulm

Synonyms

thatch · helm · straw

Translations (35)

fr fane (an individual plant stem) · ota صاپ (an individual plant stem) · da halm (an individual plant stem) · pl łodyga (an individual plant stem) · syc ܩܢܝܐ (an individual plant stem) · tk baldak (an individual plant stem) · lb Hallem (an individual plant stem) · hu kóró (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · fi olki (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · ka ღერო (an individual plant stem) · nl halm (an individual plant stem) · bg сламка (an individual plant stem) · pt caule (an individual plant stem) · ru сте́бель (an individual plant stem) · eo tigo (an individual plant stem) · fa کلور (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · fo urt (an individual plant stem) · fo urt (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · bg слама (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · fi korsi (an individual plant stem) · grc αὐλός (an individual plant stem) · tk sypal (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · pl łęcina (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · ru соло́ма (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · pt haste (an individual plant stem) · nrf vîngne (an individual plant stem) · de Stroh (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · nds Halm (an individual plant stem) · ru стебелёк (an individual plant stem) · ru соло́минка (an individual plant stem) · de Halm (an individual plant stem) · fa کلش (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · ota اوزدك (an individual plant stem) · pl łęt (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting) · nl stro (stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting)