gramme

See also: Gramme and -gramme

English

Alternative forms

• gram (worldwide spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹæm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophones: gram, graham (some pronunciations)

Noun

gramme (plural grammes)

1. (British spelling, occasional) Alternative spelling of gram.

Derived terms

• attogramme
• centimetre-gramme-second
• exagramme
• femtogramme
• gigagramme
• grammage
• gramme atom
• gramme calorie
• gramme degree
• gramme equivalent
• gramme-molecular weight
• gramme molecule
• hectokilogramme
• megagramme
• metergramme
• multigramme
• myriagramme
• petagramme
• picogramme
• quectogramme
• quettagramme
• ronnagramme
• rontogramme
• subgramme
• teragramme
• yoctogramme
• yottagramme
• zeptogramme
• zettagramme

Translations

unit of mass — see gram

See also

• kilogramme
• milligramme
• List of SI units

Anagrams

• gammer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁam/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

gramme m (plural grammes)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Descendants

• → Persian: گرم (geram)

Further reading

• “gramme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012