palma

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See also: Palma, pálma, palmá, Pálma, palmã, and palmă

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin palma.

Noun[edit]

palma f (plural palmes)

  1. palm (inner, concave part of hand)
  2. palm leaf

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f (plural palmes)

  1. palm tree
    Synonyms: palmera, palmer
  2. palm leaf
  3. palm of the hand
    Synonym: palmell

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Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f

  1. palm (tropical tree)

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative palma palmy
genitive palmy palm
dative palmě palmám
accusative palmu palmy
vocative palmo palmy
locative palmě palmách
instrumental palmou palmami

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese palma (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin palma.

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Noun[edit]

palma f (plural palmas)

  1. (anatomy) palm (of the handl)
  2. (usually in the plural) claps
  3. palm tree
    Synonym: palmeira
  4. palm leaf

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References[edit]

  • “palma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “palma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “palma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “palma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “palma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.

Noun[edit]

palma f (plural palme)

  1. palm tree, palm
  2. palm (of the hand)
  3. palm (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • palma: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.ma/, [ˈpaɫ.ma]
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  • palmā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.maː/, [ˈpaɫ.maː]
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Etymology 1[edit]

palma manūs (palm of the hand)
palma (palm tree)

From Proto-Italic *pəlmā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē), Old Irish lám, and Old English folm.

Noun[edit]

palma f (genitive palmae); first declension

  1. palm of the hand, hand
  2. blade of an oar
  3. palm tree; date tree
  4. (figuratively) victory
  5. (Medieval Latin) a linear measure, palm, of various exact values throughout Europe but usually ¼ of the local foot.
Declension[edit]

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palma palmae
Genitive palmae palmārum
Dative palmae palmīs
Accusative palmam palmās
Ablative palmā palmīs
Vocative palma palmae
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Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

palmā

  1. ablative singular of palma (“palm of the hand”)

Etymology 2[edit]

eques cum palmā (cavalryman with parma)

Collateral form of parma.

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Noun[edit]

palma f (genitive palmae); first declension

  1. a parma; a small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry
  2. (poetic) any shield
  3. (poetic) a thraex
  4. vocative singular of palma
Declension[edit]

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palma palmae
Genitive palmae palmārum
Dative palmae palmīs
Accusative palmam palmās
Ablative palmā palmīs
Vocative palma palmae

Noun[edit]

palmā

  1. ablative singular of palma (“parma”)

References[edit]

  • palma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • palma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to award the prize to..: palmam deferre, dare alicui
    • to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
  • palma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palma in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f (4th declension)

  1. palm tree

Declension[edit]

Declension of palma (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) palma palmas
accusative (akuzatīvs) palmu palmas
genitive (ģenitīvs) palmas palmu
dative (datīvs) palmai palmām
instrumental (instrumentālis) palmu palmām
locative (lokatīvs) palmā palmās
vocative (vokatīvs) palma palmas

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian palma, from Latin palma.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f (determinate plural: palmiet, collective plural: palm)

  1. palm tree

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Polish[edit]

palma

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f

  1. palm (tropical tree)

Declension[edit]

declension of palma
singular plural
nominative palma palmy
genitive palmy palm
dative palmie palmom
accusative palmę palmy
instrumental palmą palmami
locative palmie palmach
vocative palmo palmy

Further reading[edit]

  • palma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese palma, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f (plural palmas)

  1. palm (inner part of the hand)
  2. clap (the act of striking the palms of the hands)
  3. (in the plural) applause
  4. palm tree (any tree of the family Arecaceae)

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palma f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of palmă

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pâːlma/
  • Hyphenation: pal‧ma

Noun[edit]

pȃlma f (Cyrillic spelling па̑лма)

  1. palm-tree

Declension[edit]

Declension of palma
singular plural
nominative palma palme
genitive palme pȃlmā / pȃlmī
dative palmi palmama
accusative palmu palme
vocative palmo palme
locative palmi palmama
instrumental palmom palmama

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Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pȃlma f

  1. palm (tree)

Inflection[edit]

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. pálma
gen. sing. pálme
singular dual plural
nominative pálma pálmi pálme
accusative pálmo pálmi pálme
genitive pálme pálm pálm
dative pálmi pálmama pálmam
locative pálmi pálmah pálmah
instrumental pálmo pálmama pálmami

Spanish[edit]

palm of the hand

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Spanish palma, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.

Noun[edit]

palma f (plural palmas)

  1. palm of the hand
    Antonym: dorso
  2. palm tree
    Synonym: palmera
  3. palm leaf
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

palma

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of palmar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of palmar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of palmar.

Further reading[edit]

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