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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "dam"}}
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==Translingual==
{{slim-wikipedia|dam (disambiguation)}}

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{SI-unit-abb2|deca|meter|metre|[[length]]}}
# {{ISO 639|3}}

===See also===
* {{langcat|dam}}

==English==
[[File:Gordon_Dam.jpg|thumb|A '''dam'''.]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dæm/|a=UK,US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-dam.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 dam.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{homophones|en|damn}}
* {{rhymes|en|æm|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|dam}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*damm}}, from {{der|en|gmw-pro|*damm}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*dammaz}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[structure]] placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, [[general]]ly for [[purpose]]s such as [[retain]]ing or [[divert]]ing some of the water or [[retard]]ing the [[release]] of [[accumulate]]d water to [[avoid]] [[abrupt]] [[flood]]ing.
#: {{ux|en|A '''dam''' is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1913|author=[[w:Robert Barr (writer)|Robert Barr]]
|title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
|chapter=4|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1796924W
|passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout '''dams''', and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins{{nb...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-08-16|author=[http://www.theguardian.com/profile/johnvidal John Vidal]
|volume=189|issue=10|page=8|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/10/china-india-water-grab-dams-himalayas-danger Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas]
|passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by '''dams''' near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
# The water [[reservoir]] resulting from placing such a structure.
#: {{ux|en|Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the '''dam'''.}}
# {{lb|en|dentistry}} A device to [[prevent]] a [[tooth]] from getting [[wet]] during dental work, consisting of a [[rubber]] [[sheet]] held with a [[band]].
# {{lb|en|South Africa|Australia}} A [[reservoir]].
# A [[firebrick]] [[wall]], or a [[stone]], which forms the front of the [[hearth]] of a [[blast furnace]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|{{l|en|beaver dam}}, {{l|en|Beaver Dam}}|antidam|cofferdam|dambreak|damburst|dambuster|dambusting|damlike|dammable|damside|damsire
|bear-trap dam
|coffer-dam
|coffer dam
|dam break
|dam failure
|dam plate
|dental dam
|gravity dam
|hydroelectric dam
|ice dam
|mill dam
|sand dam
|shutter dam
|splash dam
|water over the dam
|earthquake dam
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|structure placed across a flowing body of water}}{{multitrans|data=
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|dam}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|pendë|f}}, {{tt+|sq|digë|f}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ግድብ}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|سَدّ|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|سد|m|tr=sadd}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|ամբարտակ}}, {{tt+|hy|պատնեշ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|bənd}}, {{tt|az|sədd}}, {{tt|az|damba}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|быуа}}
* Belarusian: {{tt+|be|плаці́на|f}}, {{tt|be|да́мба|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|বাঁধ}}
* Bouyei: {{tt|pcc|waail}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|бент|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ရေကာတာ}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|presa|f}}
* Chakma: {{tt|ccp|𑄉𑄧𑄙|tr=gadhā}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|壩}}, {{t|yue|水壩}}, {{t|yue|大壩}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|бэ}}, {{t|dng|фибэ}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|水壩|tr=chúi-pà}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|壩}}, {{tt+|cmn|水壩}}, {{tt+|cmn|大壩}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|пӗвӗ}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|arge|m}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|bent}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|hráz|f}}, {{tt+|cs|přehrada|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|dæmning|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|dam|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|dnjt|h=d:n-i-t:V11-N23-Z1}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|каваз}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|akvobaraĵo}}
* Estonian: {{tt|et|pais}}
* Farefare: {{tt|gur|mõgrɛ}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pato}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|barrage|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|presa|f}}, {{tt+|gl|encoro|m}}, {{tt|gl|touta|f}}, {{tt|gl|tarula|f}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|კაშხალი}}, {{tt|ka|ჯებირი}}, {{tt|ka|დამბა}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Talsperre|m}}, {{tt+|de|Damm|m}}, {{tt+|de|Staudamm|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|φράγμα|n}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ἄνδηρον|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|סֶכֶר|m|tr=sékher}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|बाँध|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|gát}}
* Hunsrik: {{tt|hrx|Damm|m}}
* Icelandic: {{tt|is|stífla|f}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|aquobarilo}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|bendungan}}, {{tt+|id|empang}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|plotina}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|argine|m}}, {{tt+|it|diga|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ダム|tr=damu}}, {{t+|ja|堰堤|tr=えんてい, entei}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಕಟ್ಟೆ}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|бөгет}}, {{tt|kk|дамба}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ទំនប់}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|댐}}, {{t+|ko|언제(堰堤)}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|بەربەست}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|bendav}}, {{tt+|kmr|sikur}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|бөгөт}}, {{tt+|ky|дамба}}, {{t|ky|плотина}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ຝາຍ}}, {{tt+|lo|ເຂື່ອນ}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|dambis|m}}, {{tt+|lv|aizsprosts|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|užtvanka|f}}, {{tt|lt|damba|f}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦚᦻ}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|брана|f}}, {{tt|mk|насип|m}}
* Malay: {{tt|ms|empang}}, {{tt+|ms|empangan}}, {{tt|ms|pengempang}}, {{tt|ms|ampang}}, {{tt|ms|bendung}}, {{tt|ms|bendungan}}, {{tt|ms|pembendung}}, {{tt|ms|tebat}}, {{tt+|ms|tambak}}, {{tt|ms|tandup}}, {{tt+|ms|alahan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അണ}}, {{t+|ml|അണക്കെട്ട്}}, {{t+|ml|ചിറ}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|diga}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠨ}}, {{tt|mnc|ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᠠ}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|matatara}}, {{tt|mi|pāwai}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|dam}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|далан}}, {{tt+|mn|боомт}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|dáʼdeestłʼin}}, {{tt|nv|tó beʼekʼid}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|nb|demning|m|f}}, {{tt+|nb|dam|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|demning|m|f}}, {{tt+|nb|dam|m}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|ډم|m|tr=ḍǝm}}, {{tt+|ps|بند|m|tr=band}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|سَدّ|tr=sadd}}, {{tt+|fa|آب‌بَند|tr=âb-band}}, {{tt+|fa|بَند|tr=band}} {{q|Dari}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Daum|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|tama|f}}, {{tt+|pl|zapora|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|barragem|f}}, {{tt+|pt|represa|f}}, {{tt+|pt|açude|m}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|hark'a}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|baraj|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|плоти́на|f}}, {{tt+|ru|да́мба|f}}, {{tt+|ru|гать|f}}, {{tt+|ru|на́сыпь|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|на́сип|m}}, {{tt|sh|бра́на|f}}, {{tt|sh|га̏т|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|násip|m}}, {{tt+|sh|brána|f}}, {{tt+|sh|gȁt|m}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|ၽၢႆ}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|priehrada|f}}, {{t|sk|hrádza|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|jez|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|presa|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|damm|n}}, {{t+|sv|dammbyggnad}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|tarundon}}, {{tt|tl|saplad}}, {{tt|tl|prinsa}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|сарбанд}}, {{tt+|tg|дамба}}, {{tt|tg|дарғот}}, {{t|tg|оббанд}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|அணை}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|буа}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|ఆనకట్ట}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|เขื่อน}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ཆུ་རག}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ግድብ}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|baraj}}, {{tt+|tr|set}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|bent}}, {{tt|tk|damba}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|гре́бля|f}}, {{tt|uk|да́мба|f}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|بَنْد|m|tr=band}}, {{t|ur|پشتہ|tr=puśta}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|دامبا}}, {{t|ug|توغان}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|toʻgʻon}}, {{tt+|uz|damba}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|đập}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|argae|m}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|דאַם|m}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|fai}}
}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[block#Verb|block]] the [[flow#Noun|flow]] of [[water#Noun|water]].
#* {{RQ:Otway Venice Preserv'd|page=4|passage=Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and '''damm'd''' up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; {{...}}}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|dam up|redam|undam}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|block}}{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|заприщвам}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|přehradit|pf}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|padota}}
* German: {{tt+|de|stauen}}, {{tt+|de|abdämmen}}, {{tt+|de|absperren}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|membendung}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|imbrigliare}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|pāpuni}}, {{tt|mi|puni}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|represar}}, {{tt+|pt|barrar}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|represar}}, {{tt+|es|embalsar}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Variant of {{m|en|dame}}. {{doublet|en|domina|donna}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|mother}} Female parent, [[mother]], generally regarding breeding of animals.
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=I|canto=X|stanza=52|passage=More dear {{...}} than younglings to their '''dam'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2|III|i|passage=The '''dam''' runs lowing up and down, / Looking the way her harmless young one went.}}
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=12|book=II|passage=Hunters assure us, that to chuse the best dog, and which they purpose to keepe from out a litter of other young whelps, there is no better meane than the '''damme''' herselfe{{nb...}}.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1819|author=w:Lord Byron|title=Don Juan|section=Part 1|text=she / Resolved that Juan should be quite a paragon, / And worthy of the noblest pedigree / (His sire was from Castile, his '''dam''' from Aragon){{nb...}}.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1974|author=w:Lawrence Durrell|title=Monsieur|publisher=Faber & Faber 1992|page=112|text=The sky was cloudless&mdash;the moon rolled across the surface like a lamb searching for its '''dam'''.}}
# A kind of [[crown]]ed [[piece]] in the game of [[draughts]].

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{sense|male parent}} {{l|en|sire}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|female parent}}{{multitrans|data=
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|母畜}}, {{tt+|cmn|母獸|tr=mǔshòu}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|emä}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Muttertier}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|anyaállat}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|メス|tr=mesu}}, {{qualifier|for Bovidae}} {{tt+|ja|牝|tr=めす, mesu}}, {{qualifier|for except of Bovidae}} {{tt+|ja|雌|tr=めす, mesu}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|mātrix|f}}
* Malay: {{tt|ms|induk betina}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|tīaka}}, {{tt|mi|karawa}}, {{tt+|mi|uha}}, {{tt|mi|uwha}}, {{tt|mi|kātua}}
}}
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===Etymology 3===
Said to be possibly coined from the English phrase "I don't give a {{m|en|damn|dam(n)}}," referring to its small worth.<ref>Gorrell, Robert, Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children, University of Nevada Press, 1994</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}} {{tlb|en|historical}}

# {{lb|en|[[India]]}} An [[obsolete]] Indian copper [[coin]], equal to a fortieth of a [[rupee]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=William Holloway|title=A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, Written with a View to Rescue from Oblivion the Fast Fading Relics of By-gone Days|location=Lewes, East Sussex|publisher=Sussex Press: Printed and published by Baxter and Son|year=1839|page=42|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=-x44AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA42|oclc=3138091|passage={{...}} A small Indian coin; whence comes the saying "I don't care a ''dam'' for you," that is I don't value you a farthing, and not as generally given, "I don't care a damn" or a "curse for you." [Possibly a [[folk etymology]].]}}
# A former [[coin]] of [[Nepal]], 128 of which were worth one [[mohar]].

====References====
<references/>

===Etymology 4===
{{clipping|en|}} or {{pronunciation spelling of|en|damn}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|dam'}}

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|slang|or|pronunciation spelling}} [[damn#Interjection|Damn]].

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|slang|or|pronunciation spelling}} [[damn#Interjection|Damn]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2020|author=Jacie Rowe III|title=White Lies, Black Truth, The Lost Light|page=196
|passage=Do not get too caught up in individual campism. The Most-High sent your spirits back on earth to fix yourselves, come together and wake up our people, so do your '''dam''' job and stop letting your fleshly desires control you.}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia|dam (disambiguation)}}
* {{R:Britannica 1911|Dam}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adm|DMA|Mad|MAD|Adm|MDA|Adm.|adm.|mad|AMD|ADM}}

{{cln|en|three-letter words}}
{{C|en|Board games|Coins|Female animals|Female family members|Walls and fences}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|dam}}, from {{inh|af|dum|dam}}, from {{inh|af|odt|dam}}, from {{inh|af|gem-pro|*dammaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-dam.wav}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|damme}}

# {{l|en|pond}}, {{l|en|basin}}
# {{l|en|dam}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|af|opgaardam}}
* {{l|af|studam}}

{{c|af|Water}}

==Arem==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|aem|mkh-vie-pro|*ɗam}}, from {{inh|aem|mkh-pro|*p(ɗ)am}}; cognate with {{cog|vi|năm}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|aem|[dam]}}

===Numeral===
{{head|aem|numeral}}

# [[five]]

===Further reading===
* Michel Ferlus, 2014, ''[http://www.sealang.net/mks/mksj43.pdf Arem, a Vietic Language]'', Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 5

==Azerbaijani==
[[File:Norðragøta, Faroe Islands (3).JPG|thumb|yaşıl '''dam''' <br> green '''roof''']]

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|az|trk-oat|طام|tr=d̥am, dam}}, from {{inh|az|trk-pro|[[*tām]]}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|az|/dɑm/}}
* {{audio|az|LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-dam.wav}}

====Noun====
{{az-noun}}

# [[roof]]
# [[hovel]], [[shack]] {{C|az|Buildings}}
# [[dugout]]
# [[cowshed]], sheep [[cote]] {{gl|a structure where animals are held}}
#: {{uxi|az|[[donuz]] '''damı'''|pigsty}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|az|fa|دام|t=trap}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|az|/dɑm/}}
* {{audio|az|LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-dam.wav}}

====Noun====
{{az-noun}}

# {{lb|az|figurative}} [[lockup]], [[jail]], [[quod]]
#: {{uxi|az|'''dama''' [[basdırmaq]]|to lock up, to put '''in jail'''}}
# {{lb|az|archaic}} [[grid]], [[net]]
# {{lb|az|archaic}} [[trap]], [[snare]]
#: {{syn|az|tələ|cələ|duzaq}}
#: {{uxi|az|'''dam''' [[qurmaq]]|to set a '''trap'''}}

===Declension===
{{az-decl-noun|a|c}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ceb|en|dam}}, from {{der|ceb|enm|dam}}, {{m|enm|damme}}, from {{der|ceb|ang|*dam}}, {{m|ang|*damm}}, from {{der|ceb|gem-pro|*dammaz}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ceb|noun}}

# a {{l|ceb|dam}}; a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow
# a [[reservoir]]

==Crimean Tatar==

===Noun===
{{crh-noun}}

# [[stable]]
# [[roof]]
# [[taste]]

====Declension====
{{crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ğa|nı|da|dan}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|stable}} {{l|crh|aran}}
* {{sense|taste}} {{l|crh|lezet}}, {{l|crh|nezet}}, {{l|crh|tat}}, {{l|crh|dad}}

==Danish==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|da|non|dammr||dam}}.

====Noun====
{{da-noun|stem=damm|en|e}}

# [[pond]]
# [[corf]], [[livewell]] (for storage of live fish under water)

=====Inflection=====
{{da-noun-infl|stem=damm|en|e}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|da|dambrug|g=n}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|fr|jeu de dames||draughts}}.

====Noun====
{{head|da|noun|g=c|g2=n}}

# [[draughts]], [[checkers]]

===Etymology 3===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|fr|dame||lady}}.

====Noun====
{{da-noun|stem=damm|en|er}}

# [[king]] (superior piece in draughts)

=====Inflection=====
{{da-noun-infl|stem=damm|en|er}}

{{C|da|Bodies of water|Landforms}}
{{cln|da|nouns with multiple genders}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/dɑm/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-dam.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|dam}}
* {{homophones|nl|Dam}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑm|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nl|dum|dam}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|dam}}, from {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*damm}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*dammaz}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|m|-en|+}}

# {{l|en|dam}}

=====Derived terms=====
- general:
{{der4|nl|beverdam|lavadam|muurdam|rijsdam|strekdam|stuwdam|visdam}}
- toponyms:
{{der4|nl|Alblasserdam|Amsterdam|Appingedam|Bakkersdam|Bilderdam|Boerdam|Brigdamme|Busch en Dam|Dam|Damme|Dubbeldam|Durgerdam|Edam|Giessendam|Heerjansdam|Ilpendam|Krabbendam|Kwadendamme|Leerdam|Leidschendam|Maasdam|Mildam|Monnickendam|Moorddam|Muntendam|Nieuwendam|Obdam|Onderdendam|Oostendam|Oostknollendam|Polsbroekerdam|Rijsdam|Risdam|Rotterdam|Schardam|Schiedam|Schoorldam|Spaarndam|Steendam|Stellendam|Uitdam|Veendam|Volendam|Waardamme|Werkendam|Westknollendam|Yersekedam|Zaandam|Zwammerdam}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|af|dam}}
* {{desc|hns|dám|bor=1}}
* {{desc|id|bor=1|dam|t=dam}}
* {{desc|pap|dam|bor=1}}
* {{desc|srm|dan|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|srn|dan|dam}}
** {{desc|jvn|dham|bor=1}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|frm|dame}}, from {{der|nl|es|dama}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|f|-en|-}}

# {{lb|nl|checkers}} [[king]] {{gloss|double draught/checker}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|nl|dammen}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|id|bor=1|dam|t=draught/checker(s)}}

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|dammen||bare-verb}}

{{C|nl|Board games}}

==French==

===Etymology===
Inherited<ref>{{R:FEW|3|11|damnum}}</ref> from {{inh|fr|la|damnum}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|+|qual1=predominant|dan|qual2=dated|dane|qual3=archaic}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dam.wav}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-dam.wav|a=Canada}}
* {{homophones|fr|dams|qq1=general|dame|dames|qq3=form 1|dans|dent|dents|qq6=form 2}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|obsolete|_|except in phrases}} [[damage]]
# {{lb|fr|religion}} [[damnation]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|au grand dam de}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|damner}}
* {{l|fr|dommage}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|AMD}}

{{cln|fr|terms with irregularly silent consonant}}

==Friulian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fur|la|damnum}}.

===Noun===
{{fur-noun|m}}

# [[damage]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|fur|daneç}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fur|danâ}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-reinteg-verb form of|dar}}

==Garo==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|grt|bn|দাম}}.

===Noun===
{{head|grt|noun}}

# [[price]]

==Indonesian==
{{wikipedia|lang=id}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|[ˈdam]}}
* {{hyphenation|id|dam}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|id|nl|dam|t=king (draught/checkers)}}, from {{der|id|frm|-}} {{l|fr|dame}}, from {{der|id|fro|dame}}, from {{der|id|la|domina}}.

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=}}

# {{lb|id|game}} {{l|en|draught}} {{q|American}}, {{l|en|checkers}} {{q|British}}.
# {{l|en|checker}}, a pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|id|
| dam-dam
}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|id|nl|dam|t=dam}}, from {{der|id|dum|dam}}, from {{der|id|odt|dam}}, from {{der|id|gem-pro|*dammaz}}.

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=}}

# {{l|en|dam}}, a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|id|bendung}}, {{l|id|bendungan}} 
* {{l|ms|empangan}} {{q|Standard Malay}}
* {{l|id|tanggul}} 

====Compounds====
{{der4|id|
| dam sabo
}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{bor|id|ar|دَم|t=blood}}, from {{der|id|sem-pro|*dam-}}, from {{der|id|afa-pro|*dam-}}.

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=}}

# {{lb|id|Islam}} {{l|en|fine}}, a punishment for breaking the law.

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Irish==

===Pronoun===
{{ga-prpr|damsa}}

# {{alternative form of|ga|dom||for/to me}}

==Komo==

===Noun===
{{head|xom|noun}}

# [[honey]]

==Lashi==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lsi|sit-pro|*l-(t/d)jam||full, flat}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lsi|/dam/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|lsi|adjective}}

# [[flat]]

===References===
* {{R:lsi:Luk:2017}}

==Malay==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|ms|/däm/}}
* {{rhymes|ms|am|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{ms-noun|j=دم}}

# {{l|en|draughts}}; {{l|en|checkers}} {{gloss|two-player board game}}.

====Further reading====
*{{R:PRPM}}

==Maltese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/daːm/}}

===Etymology 1===
{{mt-root|d-w-m}}
From {{inh|mt|ar|دَامَ}}.

====Verb====
{{mt-verb|jdum|vn=dewm|vn2=dewmien|vn3=dawmien}}

# to [[last]]; to [[take]] (time, especially long time)
#: {{syn|mt|jtul|q=imperfect only}}
#: {{alti|mt|diem}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{mt-conj/I-hollow|d|m|a|u}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|mt|ar|إِدَام}}.

====Noun====
{{mt-noun|g=m}}

# [[tallow]]

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|enm|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|enm|ang|*damm}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*damm}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|damme|dame}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/dam/}}

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{l|en|dam}} {{gloss|structure to block water}}
# [[body of water]]

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|dam}}
* {{desc|sco|dam}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|dam|n|MED10510}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|dame}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{lb|enm|when preceding labials}} {{alt form|enm|dan}}

{{C|enm|Buildings and structures|Water}}

==Middle Irish==

===Etymology===
{{root|mga|ine-pro|*demh₂-}} {{dercat|mga|cel-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|mga|sga|dam}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mga|/daβ̃/}}

===Noun===
{{mga-noun|m|daim}}

# [[ox]]
#* {{RQ:mga:SMMD-Th|2|1|12
|text='''Dam''' ocus tinne in cach coiri.
|t=[There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ga|damh}}
* {{desc|gv|dow}}
* {{desc|gd|damh}}

===Mutation===
{{mga-mutation|d|am}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|14462|head=1 dam}}

{{topics|mga|Cattle}}

==Mokilese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mkj|poz-oce-pro|*saman|t=outrigger}}, from {{inh|mkj|map-pro|*saʀman|t=outrigger}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mkj|/ˈdam/}}

===Noun===
{{head|mkj|noun}}

# {{lb|mkj|nautical}} [[outrigger]]
# {{lb|mkj|by metaphorical extension}} [[wife]]

====Possessive forms====
{{mkj3p-poss|dame|damen}}

{{cln|mkj|long objects class nouns|general class nouns}}
{{topics|mkj|Female people}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|nb|da|dam}}, from {{inh|nb|non|dammr|g=m}}, {{m|non|damm|g=n}}. The meaning [[#English|dam]] (structure) probably comes from {{der|nb|gml}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-m1|damm|damm|damm}}

# a [[pond]]
# a {{l|en|dam}} {{q|structure}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nb|demning}} {{q|structure}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nb|fr|jeu de dames}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-m1|damm|damm|damm}}

# the game of [[checkers]] (US) or [[draughts]] (UK)

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

{{C|nb|Bodies of water|Landforms}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wikipedia|lang=nn}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nn|gmq-mno|dammr|g=m}}, from {{inh|nn|non|damm|g=n}}. The meaning [[#English|dam]] (structure) probably comes from {{der|nn|gml}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1|stem=damm}}

# a [[pond]]
# a {{l|en|dam}} {{q|structure}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nn|demning}} {{q|structure}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nn|fr|jeu de dames}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1|stem=damm}}

# the game of [[checkers]] (US) or [[draughts]] (UK)

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

{{C|nn|Bodies of water|Landforms}}

==Occitan==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|oc|ab||Gard}}
* {{alter|oc|amb||Languedoc}}
* {{alter|oc|ambé||Provence}}
* {{alter|oc|dab||Gascony}}
* {{alter|oc|damb||Gascony}}
* {{alter|oc|emb||Limousin}}
* {{alter|oc|embé||Provence}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q14185 (oci)-Davidgrosclaude-dam.wav}}
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q942602-Davidgrosclaude-dam.wav|a=Languedocien}}

===Adverb===
{{oc-prep}}

# {{lb|oc|Gascony}} {{qualifier|accompaniment}} [[with]]
#: {{ux|oc|Cada an, que pujava peth Mont Valièr amont, '''dam''' eras vacas, nà amontanhar.}}

==Old Irish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|[daβ̃]}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|sga|ine-pro|*demh₂-}}
From {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*damos}}, from {{inh|sga|ine-pro||*dm̥h₂-ó-|t=bull}} (compare {{cog|sq|dem||bullock}}, {{cog|grc|δάμαλος||calf}}), from {{m|ine-pro|*demh₂-||to tame}} (compare {{cog|sga|daimid||to allow, give in}}, {{cog|la|domō}}, {{cog|en|tame}}).

====Noun====
{{sga-noun|m|daim}}

# [[ox]]
#* {{RQ:sga-gloss|Wb|10|d|6}}
#*: {{quote|sga|.i. do·fuáircc .i. ar is bés leosom in '''daim''' do thúarcuin ind arbe|Which tramples, i.e. for it is custom among them to have the '''oxen''' trample on the corn.}}
# [[stag]]
# {{lb|sga|by extension}} [[hero]], [[champion]]

=====Declension=====
{{sga-decl-o-masc
|daim|dat_sg=daum
|acc_pl=daumu
|dat_pl=damaib
|gen_sg2=doim
|dat_sg2=dum|dat_sg3=dam
|acc_pl2=dumu|acc_pl3=damu}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sga|damán|g=m|t=calf}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desctree|mga|dam}}

====Noun====
{{sga-noun|f}}

# [[hind]], [[cow]] {{qualifier|old feminine form of previous}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{sga-verb form}}

# {{inflection of|sga|daimid||2s|impr}}

{{sga-verb form|·dam}}

# {{inflection of|sga|daimid||3s|pres|indc|conjunct|;|1s|pres|subj|conjunct}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronoun====
{{head|sga|prepositional pronoun}}

# {{alt form|sga|dom|t=to/for me}}

===Mutation===
{{sga-mutation|d|am}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|14462|head=1 dam}}
* {{R:DIL|14463|head=2 dam}}

{{topics|sga|Cattle|Female animals|Male animals}}

==Polish==

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-dam.wav}}

===Verb===
{{head|pl|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|pl|dać||1|s|futr}}

===Noun===
{{head|pl|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|pl|dama||gen|p}}

==Rohingya==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|rhg|𐴊𐴝𐴔𐴢||{{w|Hanifi Rohingya script}}}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rhg|pra-mag|𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫}}, from {{inh|rhg|sa|द्रम्म|দ্ৰম্ম|tr=drámma}}, borrowed from {{der|rhg|grc|δραχμή}}. Cognate with {{cog|bn|দাম}}.

===Noun===
{{head|rhg|noun|Hanifi spelling|𐴊𐴝𐴔𐴢}}

# [[price]]
#: {{syn|rhg|dor|kimot}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|ota|دام|tr=dam}}, from {{der|ro|otk|tr=tam}}, from {{der|ro|trk-pro|*tām}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|damuri}}

# [[cowshed]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==San Juan Guelavía Zapotec==

===Noun===
{{head|zab|noun}}

# {{l|en|owl}}

===References===
* {{R:López, Jones & Jones 2012|pages=14, 23, 40}}

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒁮|tr=dam}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|sv|fr|dame}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|Sv-dam.ogg}}
* {{IPA|sv|/dɑːm/}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a [[lady]], a [[woman]]
# {{lb|sv|card games|chess|checkers}} a [[queen]]
#: {{uxi|sv|ruter '''dam'''|'''queen''' of diamonds}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-r|2=dame}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|in chess}} {{l|sv|drottning}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3
|sv|damallsvenskan
|damavdelning
|dambadhus
|dambandy
|dambastu
|dambekantskap
|dambesök
|dambinda
|dambjudning
|dambonde
|dambricka
|dambräde
|dambyxor
|damcykel
|damdubbel
|damfinal
|damfotboll
|damfrisering
|damfrisör
|damfrisörska
|damgambit
|damgolf
|damhandboll
|damhatt
|damidrott
|damig
|damighet
|damkappa
|damklass
|damkläder
|damknäppning
|damkonfektion
|damkör
|damlag
|damlandslag
|dammiddag
|damorkester
|damrum
|damsadel
|damsenior
|damsida
|damsingel
|damskidåkning
|damsko
|damspel
|damstafett
|damstrumpa
|damsällskap
|damtidning
|damtoalett
|damtävling
|damunderkläder
|damväska
|hovdam
}}

===See also===
{{table:chess pieces/sv}}
{{table:playing cards/sv}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tr|ota|طام|tr=dam}}, from {{der|tr|otk|tr=tam}}, from {{der|tr|trk-pro|*tām}}. Cognate with {{cog|ug|تام|t=wall}}.

Compare {{cog|ko|담|t=wall}}. {{rfv-etym|tr}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/dɑm/}}
* {{rhymes|tr|dɑm}}
* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-dam.wav}}

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|ı|lar}}

# [[roof]]
# [[cowshed]], sheep [[cote]] {{gl|a structure where animals are held}}
#* {{quote-book|tr|url=https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=-cIZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22damdaki+hayvanlar%22&dq=%22damdaki+hayvanlar%22|title=İşgal: "Padişah Efendimizin konukları"|author=Teoman Ergül|publisher=İnkılâp|series=İnkılâp Kitabevi Yayınları|isbn=9789751023988|oclc=651779460|year=2005|page=281|passage=... '''damdaki''' hayvanlar huysuzlaştılar . Bir ara dayıbaşının öksürüğünü yanlarında duydular , alelacele otların arkasında saklandılar . Hüsmen onları görmedi . Hayvanların yerinde olduğunu görünce , kafasını iki yana sallayarak çekip gitti ...|t=... the animals in the '''cote''' became grumpy. At one point, they heard the uncle's cough next to them, and they hurriedly hid behind the grass. Husmen did not see them. When he saw that the animals were in place, he shook his head and walked away...}}
# {{lb|tr|figurative||informal}} [[lockup]], [[jail]]
#* {{quote-book|tr|url=https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=pPlqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=%22dama+t%C4%B1kt%C4%B1lar%22|title=Edebiyat yazıları 1|author=Prof. Dr. Gürsel Aytaç|publisher= Gündoğan Yayınları|series=Ed. dizisi|isbn=9789755200101|lccn=96153215|oclc=1287989945|date=2005-06-01|page=61|passage=... '''dama''' tıktılar, '''mapus damına''' tıktılaaar!.. Yetiş!..» diye avaz avaz bağırmış, sonra da yaşlı kadının güven veren kollarına düşmüş bayılmışçasına kendinden geçmiş, dalgın, mutlu, tam attmı ahırdan çıkarmıştı ki, kapı çalındı. Kapı ...|t=They put him in the '''can''', they put him in the '''slammer'''!.. Come on!.. " he shouted at the top of his voice, and then he fell into the reassuring arms of the old woman, ecstatic, pensive, happy, as if he had fainted. He had just taken his horse out of the stable when there was a knock on the door.}}

==Uzbek==

===Noun===
{{uz-noun}}

# [[moment|moment, second]]

==Vietnamese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|vi|đam}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*k-taːm}}; ultimately from {{inh|vi|mkh-pro|*kt₁aam||crab}}. ‹d› here is the result of lenition (Proto-Vietic *k-t- > Middle Vietnamese ‹d› /ð/ > Modern Vietnamese ‹d›). Compare {{m|vi|đam}}, the form with unlenited initial consonant.

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{vi-noun|cls=con}}

# {{lb|vi|North Central Vietnam}} [[field]] [[crab]]; [[freshwater]] [[crab]]
#: {{ux|vi|Dù ai béo bạo như tru,<br>Về đất Kẻ Ngù cũng tóm như dam<br>Ai mà gầy tóm như dam<br>Về đất nhà Chàng, cũng béo như tru|Whosoever as fat and ferocious as the [[water buffalo|buffalo]],<br>when coming to Kẻ Ngù, they'll be as lean as the crab.<br>Whosoever as lean as the crab,<br>when coming home to {{w|vi:Chàng Sơn|Chàng}}, they'll be as fat as the buffalo}}

==Zoogocho Zapotec==

===Noun===
{{head|zpq|noun}}

# {{l|en|owl}}

===References===
* {{R:Long & Cruz 2000|page=215}}

{{C|zpq|Birds}}