talmouse

English

Etymology

From French talmouse.

Noun

talmouse (plural talmouses)

1. a pastry shell with a filling of cheese

Anagrams

• luteomas, soul mate, soulmate

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French talmouse, talemouse, from South Levantine Arabic طَلْمُوسَة (ṭalmūse, “a kind of breadroll baked in hot ashes”), a Classical Syriac -ōs diminutive of ܛܘܠܡܬܐ (ṭulmtā) known from Classical Arabic as طُلْمَة (ṭulma, “a cake of bread beaten with the hand and baken in hot ashes”). Since the dough was formed by beating with the flat hand, the meaning of a slap does not constitute a different word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal.muz/

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Noun

talmouse f (plural talmouses)

1. piece of pastry made with cream, flour, cheese, eggs and butter
2. (colloquial, obsolete) slap, punch

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French talmouse, see French talmouse.

Noun

talmouse f (plural talmouses)

1. (Jersey) slap

Synonyms

• charabouste, gifl'ye, girnouffl'ye, mornifl'ye, nord-êt, paffe

Hyponyms

• cliamuse, cliaque (“slap in the face”)

Derived terms

• talmoûser (“to hit”)

Related terms

• bailli eune cliamuse, cliamûser (“to slap in the face”)
• bailli eune paffe, env'yer eune cliaque (“to smack”)
• charbousseter, cliaper, cliatchi (“to slap”)