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Polish Nouns ending in 'um'


Eagle20  16 | 119  
3 Mar 2009 /  #1
Are there any nouns that end in 'um' that are not neuter?
Or is it safe to say that all nouns ending in 'um' are neuter?

I know centrum and gimnazjum are neuter.
osiol  55 | 3921  
3 Mar 2009 /  #2
Is album masculine?
dtaylor  9 | 823  
3 Mar 2009 /  #3
no it's neuter. In English anyway.
JustysiaS  13 | 2235  
3 Mar 2009 /  #4
szum is masculine
gum - genitive plural of guma which is feminine

can't really think of anything else just now but i'm sure there are more

Is album masculine?

yes
Polonius3  980 | 12275  
8 Mar 2009 /  #5
Also: rum - rum, sum -sheathfish, bum - boom, szum - rustling, buzzing sound, chrum - grunt made by a pig
Guest  
3 Apr 2009 /  #6
There are 2 more: kostium i rozum. And that's all, I'm quite sure.
Eurola  4 | 1898  
4 Apr 2009 /  #7
lelum polelum :)
basia123  
8 Apr 2009 /  #8
tłum - a crowd (masculine)
Guest  
8 Apr 2009 /  #9
sum - catfish is masculine
z_darius  14 | 3960  
8 Apr 2009 /  #10
Here's a few:

(no rules based on just the last two letters)

abditorium, absolutorium, akropodium, akwarium, akwatorium, album, alejkum, alodium, alpinarium, aluminium, aluwium, ambulatorium, antydotum, apogeum, apollonium, arboretum, archiwum, ateneum, atrium, audytorium, beneficjum, bitum, Bizancjum, bum, calendarium, centrum, Chartum, collegium, colloquium, condominium, continuum, czum, dekorum, delfinarium, delirium, dominium, dum, duraluminium, ekstremum, epitafium, Fajum, fatum, forum, fotoforum, gimnazjum, glosarium, gumoleum, herbarium, honorarium, instrumentarium, insygnium, interludium, kentum, klawicyterium, kolegium, kolokwium, koloseum, kolumbarium, kompendium, konserwatorium, konsorcjum, kostium, krematorium, kryterium, kuratorium, kuriozum, kworum, laboratorium, lawatorium, liceum, lokum, ludium, ludlum, magisterium, mauzoleum, maximum, medium, memorandum, milenium, minimum, ministerium, misterium, monstrum, moratorium, multum, muzeum, obserwatorium, oleum, opium, optimum, oranżerium, oratorium, Ossolineum, patrymonium, peryferium, petroleum, planetarium, plenum, podium, poszum, prezbiterium, prezydium, prosektorium, psalterium, purgatorium, quantum, quorum, rekwizytorium, repetytorium, rozum, rubrum, rum, sanatorium, sanktuarium, seminarium, serum, solarium, solilokwium, spektrum, studium, stypendium, sympozjum, szum, tabernakulum, technikum, terytorium, tłum, ultimatum, valium, wotum.

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