palme

See also: Palme and palmé

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalmɛ]

Verb

palme

1. first-person plural imperative of pálit

Danish

Etymology

From Latin palma, via Old Norse palmi.

Noun

palme c (singular definite palmen, plural indefinite palmer)

1. a palm tree

Derived terms

• palmetræ

References

• “palme” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palma (“palm”). Compare the inherited doublet paume (“palm of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palm/

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• Homophones: palment, palmes
• Hyphenation: palme

Noun

palme f (plural palmes)

1. (leaf of the palm tree) palm leaf
2. (prize) palm

   Palme d'or

3. palm tree
4. (diving equipment) flipper; fin; swim fin

Synonyms

• (palm, palm tree): palmier

Derived terms

• huile de palme
• palmaire
• palmarès (“prize list, list of winners; record of achievements”)
• palmature
• palme d’or
• palmette (“a motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree”)
• palmier (“palm tree”)
• palmiste (“oil palm”)
• palmite
• palmure
• vin de palme

 

Related terms

• palmeraie
• palmier
• paume

Verb

palme

1. inflection of palmer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “palme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lampe

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin palma.

Noun

palme f (plural palmis)

1. (anatomy) palm

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.me/
• Rhymes: -alme
• Hyphenation: pàl‧me

Noun

palme f pl

1. plural of palma

Anagrams

• lampe

Latin

Noun

palme

1. vocative singular of palmus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• paume, pame

Etymology

From Old English palm, palma, from Latin palma.

Noun

palme (plural palmes)

1. palm

Descendants

• English: palm
• Yola: polm

References

• “palm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin palma.

Noun

palme m (plural palmes)

1. (Jersey) palm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin palma, via Old Norse palmi.

Noun

palme m (definite singular palmen, indefinite plural palmer, definite plural palmene)

1. a palm (tree)

Derived terms

• kokospalme
• palmetre

References

• “palme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin palma, via Old Norse palmi, palma.

Noun

palme m (definite singular palmen, indefinite plural palmar, definite plural palmane)

1. a palm (tree)

Usage notes

• Was also standardised as grammatically feminine prior to the 1959 spelling reform.

Derived terms

• kokospalme
• palmetre

References

• “palme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “palme”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

• lampe, lempa, pelma

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin palma.

Noun

palme oblique singular, f (oblique plural palmes, nominative singular palme, nominative plural palmes)

1. palm leaf

Etymology 2

See paume.

Noun

palme oblique singular, f (oblique plural palmes, nominative singular palme, nominative plural palmes)

1. Alternative form of paume

Portuguese

Verb

palme

1. inflection of palmar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalme]

Noun

palme f pl

1. plural of palmă

Spanish

Verb

palme

1. inflection of palmar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative