Rummy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a chronic drinker

a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈʌmi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈʌmi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈʌmi/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈʌmi/.

Examples

a curious hybrid accent
her speech has a funny twang
they have some funny ideas about war

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wino rum sot odd inebriate queer drunkard drunk funny peculiar singular curious

Parts of Speech

noun	a chronic drinker
noun	a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected “a curious hybrid accent”

Word Forms

drink	verb	drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
drunk	adjective	stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
inebriate	verb	make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
curiousness	noun	the quality of being alien or not native
curiosity	noun	something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
oddity	noun	something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
peculiarity	noun	something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
queerness	noun	a strange attitude or habit
singularity	noun	strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Romme

ein chronischer Trinker

🇫🇷French

rami

un buveur chronique

🇪🇸Spanish

extraño

un bebedor crónico

🇮🇹Italian

ramino

un bevitore cronico

🇳🇱Dutch

Rumi

een chronische drinker

🇷🇺Russian

Рамми

хронический пьяница

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ताश का रमी

एक पुराना शराब पीने वाला

🇧🇩Bengali

রামি

একটি দীর্ঘস্থায়ী মদ্যপানকারী

🇮🇳Tamil

ரம்மி

ஒரு நாள்பட்ட குடிகாரன்

🇮🇳Telugu

రమ్మీ

దీర్ఘకాలిక మద్యపానం చేసేవాడు

🇮🇳Marathi

रमी

एक तीव्र मद्यपान करणारा

🇮🇳Gujarati

રમી

ક્રોનિક પીનાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಮ್ಮಿ

ದೀರ್ಘಕಾಲದ ಕುಡಿಯುವವನು

🇮🇳Malayalam

റമ്മി

ഒരു വിട്ടുമാറാത്ത മദ്യപാനി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੰਮੀ

ਇੱਕ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਸ਼ਰਾਬ ਪੀਣ ਵਾਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

رمی

ایک دائمی پینے والا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

拉米纸牌

长期饮酒者

🇯🇵Japanese

ラミー

慢性的な飲酒者

🇰🇷Korean

러미

만성 음주자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

rượu rummy

một người nghiện rượu mãn tính

🇹🇭Thai

รัมมี่

นักดื่มเรื้อรัง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pedagang minuman keras

seorang peminum kronis

🇵🇭Filipino

rami

isang talamak na umiinom

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رومي

شارب مزمن

🇮🇷Persian

رامی

یک نوشیدنی مزمن

🇹🇷Turkish

remi

kronik bir içici

🇮🇱Hebrew

רֶמִי

שתיין כרוני

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