paume

See also: paumé and paûmé

French

Etymology

From Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, palme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Doublet of palme (“palm leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pom/

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• Homophones: paumes (general), pomme, pommes (southern France)

Noun

paume f (plural paumes)

1. (anatomy) palm (of the hand)
2. ellipsis of jeu de paume (“real tennis”)

Derived terms

• jeu de paume
• longue paume
• paumer

Verb

paume

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

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• palme, pame, pasme, paulme

Etymology

From Latin palma. There is no formal way to decide whether the word was inherited or not. The Trésor informatisé considers the anatomic sense to be inherited and the botanic sense to be a borrowing, but it is not clear whether this refers to Old French or merely to the modern descendants (of which palme is relatinized).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯mə/

Noun

paume oblique singular, f (oblique plural paumes, nominative singular paume, nominative plural paumes)

1. (anatomy) palm (of the hand)
2. (botany) palm (tree; leaf thereof)
3. (games) jeu de paume

Descendants

• Middle French: paulme
  • French: paume
• Norman: paûmé