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A human hand with the
palm labelled
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English palme, from Old English palm, palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch”), from Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *palam-, *plām- (“palm of the hand”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmr (“palm”).
palm (plural palms)
- Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *palam-, *plām- (“palm of the hand”). Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).
palm (plural palms)
- The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
- A handheld computing device used to store personal data such as calendars and phone numbers.
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inner, concave part of hand
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- Arabic: راحة (ar) (raaḥa) f, كف (ar) (kaf) m
- Egyptian Arabic: بطن ايد (baṭn ʔiid) f
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- Armenian: ափ (hy) (ap')
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- Asturian: palma (ast) f
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- Belarusian: далонь (be) (dalón') f
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- Bulgarian: длан (bg) (dlan) f
- Catalan: palmell (ca) m
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- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 手掌 (cmn) (shǒuzhǎng)
- Coptic: ϣⲟⲡ (šob, šop) m, ϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ (hiome) f
- Czech: dlaň (cs) f
- Danish: håndflade (da) c
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- Dutch: palm (nl) m, handpalm (nl) m
- Esperanto: manplato (eo)
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- Finnish: kämmen (fi)
- French: paume (fr) f
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- Galician: palma (gl) f
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- German: Handfläche (de) f
- Greek: παλάμη (el) (palámi) f
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- Hebrew: כף יד (he) (kaf yád) f
- Hindi: हथेली (hi) (hathelī) f
- Hungarian: tenyér (hu)
- Ido: palmo (io)
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- Indonesian: telapak tangan
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- Irish: bos (ga) f, dearna (ga) f
- Italian: palmo (it) m
- Japanese: 手のひら (ja) (てのひら, te-no hira), 掌 (ja) (てのひら, tenohira)
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- Jèrriais: paûmé m
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- Khmer: ប្រអប់ដៃ (km) (prɑ’ɑp day), បាតដៃ (km) (baat day)
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- Korean: 손바닥 (ko) (sonbadak)
- Latgalian: plauksts m
- Latvian: plauksta (lv) f
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- Macedonian: дланка (mk) (dlánka) f
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- Malay: tapak tangan (ms)
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- Norwegian: håndflate (no)
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- Occitan: palma (oc) f, pauma (oc) f
- Old Church Slavonic: длань (dlanĭ) f
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- Ottoman Turkish: كف (keff), آيا (aya)
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- Polish: dłoń (pl) m
- Portuguese: palma (pt) f, palma da mão (pt) f
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- Romanian: palmă (ro) f
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- Russian: ладонь (ru) (ladón') f
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- Scottish Gaelic: bas (gd) f, cròg (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дла̏н (sh) m
- Roman: dlȁn (sh) m
- Sicilian: palma (scn) f, pamma (scn) f
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- Slovak: dlaň (sk) f
- Slovene: dlan (sl) f
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- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: dłoń f
- Spanish: palma (es) f, palma de la mano f
- Swahili: kikofi (sw), kiganja (sw)
- Swedish: handflata (sv) c
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- Telugu: అరచేయి (te) (aracēyi)
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- Tupinambá: poapytera
- Turkish: aya (tr), avuç içi (tr)
- Turkmen: aýa (tk)
- Ukrainian: долонь (uk) (dolón') f
- Urdu: ہتھیلی (ur) (hatheli) f
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- Vietnamese: gan bàn tay (vi), lòng bàn tay (vi)
- Volapük: namakev (vo)
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- Zulu: ukhweshe (zu) 11/10
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corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal
handheld computing device
palm (third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed)
- To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
- To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
- To move something with the palm of the hand.
- 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, BBC:
- The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.
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to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
to hold something without bending the fingers
to move something with the palm of the hand
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palm m (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
- palm (tropical tree)
- palm (middle part of the hand)
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palm c
- palm; a tropical tree
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