paume

See also: paumé and paûmé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, paulme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Compare palme (“palm tree”), a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pom/

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Noun

paume f (plural paumes)

1. (anatomy) palm (of hand)
2. real tennis

   Synonym: jeu de paume

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
• pasme
• paulme

Etymology

From older paulme, from Latin palma.

Noun

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

1. palm (anatomy)
2. jeu de paume

Descendants

• Middle French: paulme
  • French: paume
    • → English: jeu de paume
• Norman: paûmé