Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rummer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: rum-mer
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem.

adj

comparative form of rum: more rum

Example Sentences

"I won, and regaled myself with cold roast beef and rummers of punch."

Etymology

Partly from Dutch roemer, rummer (West Flanders); partly from Middle Low German römer; partly from German Römer (“Roman person or thing”), named because it was made in glassworks dating from the Roman era. See also roemer; and for the etymology compare Romeware.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: roemer, römer

Inflected Forms

rummers (plural)

Questions

What does rummer mean?: A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem.
Where does rummer come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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