rúm

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

• IPA^(key): [ɹʉuːm]

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, plural rúm)

1. space

   Synonyms: pláss, øki, rúmd

2. room

   Synonyms: kamar, herbergi, skemma

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• IPA^(key): /rum(ː)/(when used to mean bed)
• Rhymes: -uːm

rúm n

1. room, space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)

   Synonyms: pláss, rými

2. space (the three dimensions in which everything exists and moves)
3. bed

   Synonyms: sæng, ból, bæli, rekkja

• Used with the definite declension when it translates English "in bed" or "to bed": Hann er bara góður í rúminu þegar hann er á kókaíni (“He's only good in bed when he's on cocaine”).

• rúmur

• múr

• rúma

Possibly from Old English rūm or Old Norse rúm, both from Proto-Germanic *rūmą. Compare Scottish Gaelic rùm.

rúm m (genitive singular rúma, nominative plural rúmanna)

1. room
2. (floor) space

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rúm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old English rūm (English room), Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum), Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rūms).

rúm n

1. room
2. space