rúm

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-.

• IPA^(key): [ɹʉuːm]

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, plural rúm)

1. space

   Synonyms: pláss, øki, rúmd

2. room

   Synonyms: kamar, herbergi, skemma

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /ruːm/
• IPA^(key): /rum(ː)/ (colloquially used by some speakers in the sense ‘bed’)
• Rhymes: -uːm

rúm n (genitive singular rúms, nominative plural rúm)

1. bed

   Synonyms: sæng, ból, bæli, rekkja

   Í rúmið með ykkur! ― To bed with you!

2. room, space (occupied by or intended for a person or thing)

   Synonyms: pláss, rými

   Við viljum skapa samfélag sem hefur rúm fyrir alla.

   We want to create a society with space for all.

3. space (the three dimensions in which everything exists and moves)

   rúm og tími ― space and time

• Used with the definite declension when it translates English "in bed" or "to bed": Hún liggur í rúminu. (“She’s lying in bed.”) Hann er góður í rúminu. (“He’s good in bed.”) Ég ætla í rúmið. (“I’m going to go to bed.”)

• rúmur

• múr

• rúma

Possibly from Old English rūm or Old Norse rúm, both from Proto-Germanic *rūmą. Compare Scottish Gaelic rùm.

rúm m (genitive singular rúma, nominative plural rúmanna)

1. room
2. (floor) space

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rúm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-. Cognate with Old English rūm (English room), Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum), Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rūms).

rúm n

1. room
2. space