rame

oar

noun RAM Rare

Origin: Old French rame, from Latin remus 'oar'

Also means

ream (of paper)

Usage Note

Rame covers both the oar used to row a boat and, in office contexts, a ream of five hundred sheets of paper. In Parisian public transport it also denotes a train consist: une rame de métro is a metro train set. The verb ramer means 'to row' and, colloquially, 'to struggle'.

Examples

"Il saisit la rame et commence à pagayer."

Natural Translation

He grabs the oar and starts to paddle.

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