crame
See also: cramé
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪm
Etymology 1
From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).[1]
Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Yiddish קראָם (krom), Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.
Noun
crame (plural crames)
- (chiefly Scotland) A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
- (chiefly Scotland) A parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2
Variant of cram.
Verb
crame
- Archaic spelling of cram.
- 1599, William Waterman, “The Fardle of Facions”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, translation of original by Johannes Boemus:
- Certaine of the Tartarres, professing the name of Christe, yet farre from his righteousnes: when their parentes waxe aged, to haste their death, crame them with gobins of fatte.
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Anagrams
- Carme, McRae, cream, crema, macer, recam
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: crament, crames
Verb
crame
- inflection of cramer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative