gaum
/ɡɔːm/noun, verb
gaum is spelled G-A-U-M: 4 letters. As a noun, gaum means “Heed; attention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaum is gaums.
How many letters and syllables are in gaum?
| Letters | 4: G-A-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you pronounce gaum?
- /ɡɔːm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gaum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gaum?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gaum.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: muga.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gaum
- goam
- gaums present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- gauming participle, present
- gaumed participle, past
- gorm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKrareHeed; attention.
- 2
rareGrime.
Said 'Black Bill' Walker, of Walker's Valley, in speaking of the forge: 'I never heerd sech a rackity-rack! Ye'd think the heavens was fallin' down! Them fellers aworkin' thar in the sweat an' gaum reminded me more of the gate to the bad pl
- 3
rareA bit, a small amount.
- 4
colloquialrareA useless person.
- 5
IndiaarchaicA village.
verb
- 1
UKUSTo smear.
No, bubby, couldn't hev the wax. Gaum him all up so 't mammy 'd hafter nigh abaout skin him tu git him clean ag'in; […]
- 2
obsoleteTo understand; comprehend; consider.
'Nobody gaums where we are now,' I said.
- 3
Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gaum come from?
The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).