Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

'um

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: 'um
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Alternative form of 'em.

Example Sentences

"They call themselves gentlemen, I warrant you; but, as my first husband used to say, they should remember it is we that pay them. And to be sure it is very hard upon us to be obliged to pay them, and to keep 'um too, as we publicans are."

Etymology

Contracted from them.

Phrases

no-see-um

Questions

What does 'um mean?: Alternative form of 'em.
Where does 'um come from?: Contracted from them.

How to pronounce 'um

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