heaume
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French helme (Middle French heaulme, modern French heaume).
Pronunciation
Noun
heaume (plural heaumes)
- (historical) A large helmet extended to and rested on the shoulders, worn in the 12th and 13th centuries.
French
Etymology
From Old French helme, from Medieval Latin helmus, from Frankish *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /om/
- Homophone: ohm (but mute h)
Noun
heaume m (plural heaumes)
- (historical, heraldry) a mediaeval military helmet protecting the head and face
- (obsolete) any helmet
- Synonym: casque
Further reading
- “heaume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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