gamme

See also: gammé and gámme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡam/

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Noun

gamme f (plural gammes)

1. (music) musical scale
2. range, gamut, series

Derived terms

• faire ses gammes

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

gamme f pl

1. plural of gamma (“range, gamut; gamma”)

Anagrams

• gemma, Gemma

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gamen.

Noun

gamme

1. Alternative form of game

Etymology 2

From Old English gamenian.

Verb

gamme

1. Alternative form of gamen

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Norman

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

gamme f (plural gammes)

1. (Jersey) game

Derived terms

• gamme dé cartes (“card game”)
• gamme dé compiuteu (“computer game”)
• Les Gammes du Commonwealth (“Commonwealth Games”)
• Les Gammes Olympiques (“Olympic Games”)

 

Etymology 2

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Adjective

gamme m or f

1. (Jersey) plucky

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (“protruding part of a roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡamɛ/

Noun

gamme c

1. a small hut with walls out of turf or earth, formerly used by Sami nomads in northern Norway

Declension

Declension of gamme
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gamme	gammen	gammer	gammerna
Genitive	gammes	gammens	gammers	gammernas

See also

• kåta

References

• gamme in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)