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erm
- (UK) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.
- (UK) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.
Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.
– Bob would never say something like that!
– Erm, he just did.
- Used in non-rhotic dialects; compare um and em.
expression of uncertainty
indication of secondary message
From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).
erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)
- deserted, abandoned
- uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)
erm m (plural erms)
- “erm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “erm”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “erm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “erm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon arm.
erm m
From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon *arm.
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