prom

Clipping of promenade.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɒm/

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

prom (plural proms)

1. (British) A promenade concert.
2. (British, abbreviation) A promenade.
3. (US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g,. near the end of the academic year.

   Would you like to be my prom date?

   The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.

• dance with the one that brought you

• romp

prom

1. away
2. off

• projām

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.

• IPA^(key): /prɔm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: prom

prom m inan

1. ferry
2. (astronautics) shuttle

   prom kosmiczny ― space shuttle

• prom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• prom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

prom (nominative plural proms)

1. promise

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• IPA^(key): /prom/

prom c (plural prommen, diminutive promke)

1. (Clay) plum

• prûm (Wood)

• “prom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011