name
Uncommon
Tatum
TAY-tuhm
Tatum (name) means a habitational surname of Old English origin.
name
1
A habitational surname of Old English origin.
2
A male first name that came from a family name.
3
A female first name that came from a family name.
"The youngest ever Oscar-winner is an actress called Tatum O'Neal, who was ten when she won Best Supporting Act for the film Paper Moon (1973)."
— Jan Payne (2009)
4
The name of a village in Cameroon.
5
The name of a town in New Mexico.
6
The name of a town in South Carolina.
7
The name of a city in Panola County and Rusk County, Texas, named after settlers Albert and Mary Tatum.
noun
1
(music) The smallest regular gap between notes that can be measured in a rhythm.
"In general, the music meter contains a nested grouping of pulses called metrical levels, where pulses on higher levels are subsets of the lower level pulses; the most salient level is known as the beat, and the lowest level is termed the tatum."
— Jarno Seppanen (2006)
"A tatum represents the lowest regular pulse train that a listener intuitively infers from the timing of perceived musical events (segments)."
— Spotify (2023)
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Word forms
- Plural
- tatums
Etymology
From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.
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What does “Tatum” mean?
The word “Tatum” means a habitational surname from Old English.
How do you pronounce “Tatum”?
“Tatum” is pronounced TAY-tuhm (/ˈteɪtəm/ in IPA).
How do you use “Tatum” in a sentence?
Here is “Tatum” used in a sentence: “He had done so much to take his game to the next level, but it didn’t seem to matter. Jayson Tatum just couldn’t hit a shot.”
What part of speech is “Tatum”?
Depending on how it is used, “Tatum” can be a name and a noun.
Where does the word “Tatum” come from?
The word “Tatum” comes from Old English. From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.
Is “Tatum” a common word?
“Tatum” is an uncommon word in modern English.
How many meanings does “Tatum” have?
“Tatum” has 8 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a habitational surname from Old English.
