How to pronounce tram
American English pronunciation
TRAM
- IPA
- /ˈtɹæm/
- Syllables
- TRAM (1 syllable)
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What tram means
A passenger car that rides on tracks set in city streets
In a sentence: We took the tram from the train station to the zoo.
Where it comes from: It probably comes from an old word for the shaft of a cart or barrow. Many people think it was named after a man called Outram, but the word is older than he was.
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