sam
/ˈsæm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A diminutive of the male given names Samuel and Samson.
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A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
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A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (sam⁴) or 沈 (cam⁴ / zam³).
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A town in Alibori department, Benin.
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A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
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A town in Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
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A village in Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
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Example Sentences
- "While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security."
- "I sammed it up for ye"
- "Now are they saints all in that city sam."
- "All Sam the souldiers then replied."
- "A SAM conversion occurs when Java converts the SAM interface into functional code."
- "The SAM is a way of deliberately de-coupling sex and romance."
Etymology
From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsæm/
- British English: /ˈsæm/