Meaning and Origin
What does the name Tram mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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- A submission from Australia says the name Tram means "A girl that is a lovely and considerate person in general".
- According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Tram is of Vietnamese origin and means "Luxury, kind, special, thoughtful, considerate".
- A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
- The shaft of a cart.(Prov. Eng)
- One of the rails of a tramway.
- A car on a horse railroad.(Eng)
Etymology: Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tråm trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram
Etymology: Sp. trama weft, or F. trame
- A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
- A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine ("a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine")
- A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
- Travel by tram
- (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar in North America).
- A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- (US, rail transport) A people mover.
- (US) An aerial cable car.
- (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
- (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
- (Britain, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
- (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar in North America).
- A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- (US, rail transport) A people mover.
- (US) An aerial cable car.
- (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
- (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
- (Britain, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
- (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar in North America).
- A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- (US, rail transport) A people mover.
- (US) An aerial cable car.
- (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
- (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
- (Britain, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
Possibly from Low German traam (“tram; balk or beam, as of a sledge or wheelbarrow; handle of a barrow or sledge; rung or step of a ladder; bar of a chair”); Saterland Frisian trame, trâm (“beam of wood; beam of a wheelbarrow; rung or step of a ladder; bar of a chair”); said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word. Compare Middle Dutch trame (“balk, beam; rung of a ladder”); Middle Low German trame, treme; West Flemish traam, trame.
- (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar in North America).
- A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- (US, rail transport) A people mover.
- (US) An aerial cable car.
- (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
- (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
- (Britain, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
The popular derivation from the surname of the English pioneer tramway builder Benjamin Outram (1764–1805) is false: the term pre-dated him.
- (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar in North America).
- A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- (US, rail transport) A people mover.
- (US) An aerial cable car.
- (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
- (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
- (Britain, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
From Spanish trama, or French trame (“weft”).
- (weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
tram was also found in the following language(s): Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, and Norman