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Definition: Pram |
PramNoun1. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pram" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PRAM |
Medicine | A cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Baby carriage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PRAM | English | Programmable amplifier | Computing, Information |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PramSynonyms: baby buggy (n), baby carriage (n), go-cart (n), perambulator (n), pushchair (n), pusher (n), stroller (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pram |
| Specialty definitions using "pram": CREW PRAM, CROW PRAM ♦ EREW PRAM ♦ parallel random access machine, pm2. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pram" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (udder), Manx (pram), Norwegian (barge). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Pram" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.82% of the time. "Pram" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.82% | 252 | 18,696 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.18% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 255 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pram": crew PRAM ♦ crow PRAM ♦ EREW PRAM ♦ pram carriage. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pram": pram-pushing. | |
Ending with "pram": ex-pram. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pram | 87 | glasgow pram center | 3 |
doll pram | 16 | pram wicker | 3 |
silver cross pram | 13 | boat pram sail | 3 |
baby pram | 11 | zapping pram | 3 |
zap pram | 8 | pram pushchair supplier | 3 |
optimist pram | 7 | pram race | 3 |
blanket pram | 5 | chicco duo pram stroller | 2 |
nutshell pram | 4 | silvercross pram | 2 |
pram boat | 4 | pram battery | 2 |
pram stroller | 4 | fresco giovane mamas papas pram | 2 |
baby carriage pram | 4 | cycle malleys pram store | 2 |
english pram | 3 | pram plan | 2 |
baby cross pram silver | 3 | center pram | 2 |
pram queen | 3 | fishing pram | 2 |
pram carriage | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pram"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | varkë me fund të rrafshët (flat), karrocë fëmijësh (baby carriage, perambulator, praam, pushcart, stroller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زورق صغير (dinghy), عربة أطفال (baby carriage, go cart, perambulator, stroller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вид плоскодънна гемия, детска количка (baby carriage, mail cart, perambulator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 摇篮车. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | námořní pramice, dìtský koèárek (perambulator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | barnevogn (pushchair, stroller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kinderwagen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lapsenvaunut (baby carriage, perambulator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | voiture d'enfant, landau (pram carriage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kinderwagen (baby carriage, baby-stroller, buggies, buggy, perambulator, pushchair, stroller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καροτσάκι βρέφουσ (perambulator, stroller), παιδικό καροτσάκι, αμαξάκι μωρού (baby carriage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ע'לת יל"ים (baby carriage, perambulator, stroller), סיר" קט " (dinghy, skiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kézi tejeskocsi, gyermekkocsi (baby buggy, baby carriage, perambulator), babakocsi (baby buggy, baby carriage), skandináv dereglye, skandináv csónak, lapos fenekű uszályhajó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perahu (ark, barge, boat, canoe, galley, sailboat), kereta anak-anak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | carrozzina (baby carriage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pram, carbyd clienney (baby carriage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ampray praça (cabrank, cabs, cabstand, circus, pawn, piazza, playground, plaza, praam, public square, soldier, square). (various references) коляска (baby carriage, calash, sidecar, sidercar, stroller). (various references) skela (ferry, ferryboat), kolica za bebe (baby carriage), dereglija (barge, flatboat). (various references) cochecito de niño (perambulator). (various references) barnvagn (baby carriage, mail cart, perambulator, praam). (various references) norveç balıkçı teknesi, çocuk arabası (baby carriage, buggy, go cart, perambulator). (various references) плашкоут, дитяча коляска (go cart, perambulator, pushcart, waggon, wagon). (various references) t u đáy bằng có đặt súng (praam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pram": prams. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pram": desipramine, desipramines, imipramine, imipramines, supramolecular. (additional references) | |
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"Pram" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arpm, iram, Kramm, lram, oram, Paramo, Paran, parmi, parn, peam, peram, Perama, peran, perma, Permar, perran, pfan, pham, phragma, phrum, pirim, plra, poam, Porac, pra, prac, prad, Prag, prah, Prai, pral, pramm, pramp, prana, prand, Prann, prao, Pras, prasm, prau, praw, prax, Praz, pream, prej, prelm, prem, prema, pren, priam, prij, prin, Prla, Proam, proan, Prohm, prta, prum, prun, prym, Psam, Pyrame, pyrum, rpan, rram, tpframe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ramp. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-p-r" | |
-1 letter: amp, arm, map, mar, pam, par, ram, rap. | |
-2 letters: am, ar, ma, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-p-r" | |
+1 letter: cramp, gramp, praam, prams, prima, ramps, remap, tramp. | |
+2 letters: ampere, ampler, armpit, camper, cramps, damper, gramps, hamper, impair, impark, impart, mapper, markup, palmar, palmer, pamper, paramo, praams, preamp, prearm, preman, primal, primas, ramped, remaps, revamp, tamper, tramps, vamper, warmup. | |
+3 letters: amperes, amphora, armpits, campers, camphor, campier, champer, clamper, compare, compart, cramped, crampit, crampon, dampers, empaler, emporia, epigram, grampus, gripman, hampers, harumph, impairs, impaler, imparks, imparts, impearl, imperia, impresa, lampers, lamprey, lempira, manrope, mantrap, mappers, markups, marplot, meropia, mispart, morphia, offramp, palmary, palmers, palmier, palmyra, pampero, pampers, pangram, paramos, paronym, patamar, preamps, prearms, pregame, premade, premeal, prename, prewarm, primacy, primage, primary, primate, primula, program, propman, prosoma, pugmark, pyramid, rampage, rampant, rampart, rampike, ramping, rampion, rampole, restamp, revamps, roadmap, sampler, scamper, spammer, stamper, swamper, tampers, taproom, tempera, templar, tempura, tramped, tramper, trample, vampers, vampire, warmups. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 61 6D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .- -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r a m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0061 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50846779 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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