pram

¹

[ pram ]

noun

, Chiefly British Informal.

1. perambulator.

pram

²

[ prahm ]

noun

1. a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.

pram

¹

/ præm /

noun

1. a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby US and Canadian termbaby carriage

pram

²

/ prɑːm /

noun

1. nautical a light tender with a flat bottom and a bow formed from the ends of the side and bottom planks meeting in a small raised transom

Word History and Origins

Origin of pram¹

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

Origin of pram²

First recorded in 1540–50 ( late 14th century in Anglo-Latin ); from Dutch praam, Middle Dutch prame, praem (compare Middle Low German pram(e), Old Frisian pram, German Prahm ), from Slavic; compare Czech prám, Polish prom, Russian paróm, Serbo-Croatian prȁm “ferryboat, raft,” cognate with Old High German farm “boat, raft,” Old Norse farmr “freight, cargo”; akin to fare, ferry

Word History and Origins

Origin of pram¹

C19: shortened and altered from perambulator

Origin of pram²

C16: from Middle Dutch prame; related to Old Frisian prām

Example Sentences

Ahead of the 1961 publication of James and the Giant Peach, Dahl’s 4-month-old son Theo suffered a severe brain injury when his pram was hit by a taxi in New York City.

From Time

If I see a pram I want to stick my head in it and have a look.

From The Daily Beast

Gwyneth Paltrow wheeled her daughter Apple around London in a Bugaboo pram.

From The Daily Beast

The little bits of whalin'-steamers they build now only carry a little pram or two, nothin' like this boat you're in now.

From Project Gutenberg

Pram, prm, n. a flat-bottomed Dutch lighter: a barge fitted as a floating battery.

From Project Gutenberg

The child is resentful, but resigned, is wrapped up well, put in his pram and wheeled up and down the Madeira Road.

From Project Gutenberg

In every case I found below-decks a number of cruses of corn-brandy, marked aquavit, two of which I took into the pram.

From Project Gutenberg

Lady with Pram (who has been pointing out to newcomer the beauties of the neighbourhood, where a strike is threatened).

From Project Gutenberg