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erm

UK/ɜːm//ɝm/

erm interjection: used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

Interjection

(UK or humorous)

  1. (UK, humorous) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.
    • She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
    Synonyms:
    um, umm, em, eh, uh
  2. (UK, humorous) 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.

Noun capitalized: ERM

ERM (plural ERMs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of enterprise relationship management.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of ERM protein family.

Adjective capitalized: ERM

ERM (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of ezrin-radixin-moesin.

Proper noun capitalized: ERM

ERM

  1. (European-Union, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
    • The ERM was an arrangement that pegged most European currencies’ exchange-rate movements within limited bands.2011, Marc Flandreau, Getting to Yes (Again) with Germany

erm meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

erm in Tamil

எர்ம்

erm in Urdu

ای آر ایم

erm in Bengali

ইআরএম

erm in Telugu

ఎర్మ్
More languagesFewer languages
erm in Malayalam
എർം
erm in Kannada
ಎರ್ಮ್
erm in Punjabi
ਈ. ਆਰ. ਐੱਮ

Synonyms of erm

All synonyms of erm

Forms of erm

pluralERMs

Origin of erm

Onomatopoeic.

Phrases with erm

Words that rhyme with erm

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about erm

What does erm mean?
Erm means used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.
What is erm in Tamil?
Erm in Tamil is எர்ம். See Erm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is erm?
Erm can be an interjection, a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce erm?
Erm is pronounced /ɜːm/ (UK).

Words near erm in the dictionary

  1. erlkings
  2. erlosamide
  3. erlotinib
  4. Erlun
  5. Erlynne
  6. erm
  7. ERM protein
  8. ERM protein family
  9. ERM proteins
  10. erm, actually
  11. Erma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erm (page history and authors); ERM (page history and authors); erm (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); erm (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); erm (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); erm (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); erm (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); erm (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); erm (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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