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Zaum

Zaum proper noun: linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.

Proper noun

Zaum

  1. Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.

Synonyms of Zaum

Origin of Zaum

From Russian за́умь (záumʹ, literally “nonsense”).

Questions about Zaum

What does Zaum mean?
Zaum means linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
What part of speech is Zaum?
Zaum is a proper noun.

Words near Zaum in the dictionary

  1. zatsudans
  2. Zatz
  3. Zau de Câmpie
  4. Zaugg
  5. Zauggs
  6. Zaum
  7. Zaun
  8. Zauner
  9. Zauners
  10. Zauns
  11. Zaurak

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