Chelm

Chelm

See also: Chełm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Chełm.

Pronunciation

• (Jewish) IPA^(key): [χɛlm]

Proper noun

Chelm

1. A city in Poland, known for the Jewish stories about its (mythical) stupid residents.
   • 1999, Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree, Coteau, →ISBN, page 100 :

     The fool I am, the fool. A citizen of Chelm, an idiot, one of those characters my grandfather's legends are made of.

   • 2010 January 27, "nordicskiv2" <[e-mail]>, "Re: HELMsman", message-ID <[e-mail]>, humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare, Usenet :

     You are the quintessential Chelmsman, Art -- indeed, you are the prince of the Sages of Chelm.

Translations

city in Poland

Belarusian: Хэлм (Xelm), Холм (Xolm) Polish: Chełm (pl) Portuguese: Kulm f, Chelm f

Russian: Хелм (Xelm) Ukrainian: Холм (Xolm) Yiddish: כעלעם‎ (khelem)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Chełm.

Proper noun

Chelm f

1. Chelm (a city in Poland)

Synonyms

• Kulm