ramo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ramo"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈramo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo (accusative singular ramon, plural ramoj, accusative plural ramojn)

1. (historical) battering ram

Ingrian

Etymology

Cognates include dialectal Finnish ramu and Estonian ramm.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑmo/, [ˈrɑmo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑmo/, [ˈrɑmo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑmo
• Hyphenation: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo

1. power, strength

Declension

Declension of ramo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	ramo	ramot
genitive	ramon	rammoin, ramoloin
partitive	rammoa	ramoja, ramoloja
illative	rammoo	rammoi, ramoloihe
inessive	ramos	ramois, ramolois
elative	ramost	ramoist, ramoloist
allative	ramolle	ramoille, ramoloille
adessive	ramol	ramoil, ramoloil
ablative	ramolt	ramoilt, ramoloilt
translative	ramoks	ramoiks, ramoloiks
essive	ramonna, rammoon	ramoinna, ramoloinna, rammoin, ramoloin
exessive1)	ramont	ramoint, ramoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• voima

Derived terms

• ramoittua
• ramokas
• ramonäpykkä
• ramopytky
• vähäramoin

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 464

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: rà‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Noun

ramo m (plural rami)

1. (botany, figurative) branch
2. (anatomy) ramus, branch
3. fork

Derived terms

• diramare
• ramaccio
• ramello
• rametto (> ramettino)
• ramicello
• ramificare
• ramingo
• ramone
• ramoscello
• ramoso
• ramuccio
• ramulo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ramo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ramare

Anagrams

• Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, mora, orma, roma

Latin

Noun

rāmō

1. dative/ablative singular of rāmus

Mbyá Guaraní

Conjunction

ramo

1. when, if

Usage notes

This word is used if the subjects of the independent and dependent clauses differ. If they are the same, use vy instead.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rāmum, accusative of rāmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈramo/

Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)

1. branch
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r. col. 2.:

     […] de pues enbio el palomo ⁊ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua cõ ſus fojas uerdes en su boca

     […] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

Descendants

• Spanish: ramo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ramo, from Latin rāmus (“branch”), from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈhɐ̃.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈhɐ̃.mu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mu/ [ˈχɐ̃.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mo/ [ˈhɐ.mo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.mu/

• Hyphenation: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)

1. bouquet, bunch (of flowers etc.)
2. bough; branch (part of a tree)
3. (by extension) subject, field, discipline; branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)

Related terms

• derramar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ramo, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂dmos, from *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈramo/ [ˈra.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ra‧mo

Noun

ramo m (plural ramos)

1. bouquet (a bunch of cut flowers)
2. bough, branch (woody part of a tree)
3. branch, subject (an area in business or knowledge)

   Synonym: asignatura

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 12:

     La persona que quiere dañar a otra, lleva a la Bruja, pues son mujeres las que ordinariamente se dedican a este ramo de la hechicería, una prenda íntima de su víctima.

     The person who wishes to curse another, brings to the Witch, because they are women who usually dedicate themselves to this field of sorcery, an intimate garment of the victim.

Derived terms

• Domingo de Ramos

 

Related terms

• derramar
• rama
• ramada
• ramificar
• ramoso

 

Further reading

• “ramo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28