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palmette

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English

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Etruscan architectural plaque with palmettes, from late 4th century BCE, painted terracotta, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Etymology

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From French palmette.[1] By surface analysis, palm +‎ -ette.

Noun

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palmette (plural palmettes)

  1. A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree.

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ “palmette, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From palme +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palmette f (plural palmettes)

  1. palmette

Descendants

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  • → English: palmette

Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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palmette f

  1. plural of palmetta
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