Prom — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈɑːm/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈɒm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈɒm/

1 syllable Say it as /pɹˈɑːm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

promenade

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abschlussball

ein formeller Ball, der gegen Ende des Schuljahres für eine Schulklasse abgehalten wird

🇫🇷French

bal de promo

un bal formel organisé pour une classe scolaire vers la fin de l'année scolaire

🇪🇸Spanish

paseo

un baile formal celebrado para una clase escolar hacia el final del año académico

🇮🇹Italian

ballo studentesco

un ballo formale tenuto per una classe scolastica verso la fine dell'anno accademico

🇳🇱Dutch

bal

een formeel bal dat tegen het einde van het academiejaar voor een schoolklas wordt gehouden

🇵🇹Portuguese

baile de formatura

um baile formal realizado para uma turma escolar no final do ano letivo

🇷🇺Russian

выпускной вечер

официальный бал, проводимый для школьного класса ближе к концу учебного года

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रॉम

शैक्षणिक वर्ष के अंत में स्कूल की कक्षा के लिए रखी जाने वाली एक औपचारिक गेंद

🇮🇳Tamil

இசைவிருந்து

கல்வியாண்டின் இறுதியில் பள்ளி வகுப்பிற்காக நடத்தப்படும் முறையான பந்து

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రాం

విద్యా సంవత్సరం చివరిలో పాఠశాల తరగతి కోసం నిర్వహించబడే ఒక అధికారిక బంతి

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રમોટર્સ

શૈક્ષણિક વર્ષના અંતમાં શાળાના વર્ગ માટે રાખવામાં આવેલ ઔપચારિક બોલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಾಮ್

ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ವರ್ಷದ ಅಂತ್ಯದ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಶಾಲಾ ತರಗತಿಗಾಗಿ ನಡೆದ ಔಪಚಾರಿಕ ಚೆಂಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രോം

അധ്യയന വർഷത്തിൻ്റെ അവസാനത്തിൽ ഒരു സ്കൂൾ ക്ലാസിനായി നടത്തിയ ഒരു ഔപചാരിക പന്ത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰੋਮ

ਅਕਾਦਮਿਕ ਸਾਲ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਤੱਕ ਸਕੂਲ ਦੀ ਕਲਾਸ ਲਈ ਰੱਖੀ ਗਈ ਇੱਕ ਰਸਮੀ ਗੇਂਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

پروم

ایک رسمی گیند جو تعلیمی سال کے اختتام تک اسکول کی کلاس کے لیے رکھی جاتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

舞会

学年末为学校班级举行的正式舞会

🇯🇵Japanese

プロム

学年末に向けて学校のクラスのために開催される正式な舞踏会

🇰🇷Korean

무도회

학년 말에 학교 수업을 위해 열리는 공식 무도회

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vũ hội

một buổi vũ hội trang trọng được tổ chức cho một lớp học vào cuối năm học

🇹🇭Thai

งานพรอม

บอลอย่างเป็นทางการที่จัดขึ้นในชั้นเรียนของโรงเรียนในช่วงปลายปีการศึกษา

🇮🇩Indonesian

pesta prom

pesta formal yang diadakan untuk kelas sekolah menjelang akhir tahun ajaran

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حفلة موسيقية

كرة رسمية تقام لفصل دراسي في نهاية العام الدراسي

🇮🇷Persian

پارتی

یک توپ رسمی که برای کلاس مدرسه در پایان سال تحصیلی برگزار شد

🇹🇷Turkish

balo

akademik yılın sonuna doğru bir okul sınıfı için düzenlenen resmi bir balo

🇮🇱Hebrew

נשף

נשף רשמי שנערך לכיתת בית ספר לקראת סוף שנת הלימודים

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The primary meaning of 'prom' is 'a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year'.

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