palme

See also: palmę, Palme, palmé, and palmë

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalmɛ]

Verb

palme

1. first-person plural imperative of pálit

Danish

Etymology

From Latin palma, via Old Norse palmi.

Noun

palme c (singular definite palmen, plural indefinite palmer)

1. a palm tree

Derived terms

• palmetræ

References

• “palme” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Middle French palme, relatinized form of Old French paume, from Latin palma. Doublet of paume (“palm of the hand”). It is not evident whether the Old French word was inherited in both, one, or neither of the two senses. The form palme is clearly learned, but this formal distinction only arose in Middle French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palm/

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• Hyphenation: palme
• Homophones: palment, palmes

Noun

palme f (plural palmes)

1. palm leaf
   1. palm (attribute of a victor or (Christianity) martyr)
   2. (by extension) palm (prize)

      palme d'or

   3. (diving) flipper, fin, swim fin
2. (rare) synonym of palmier (“palm tree”)

Derived terms

• dimanche des Palmes
• huile de palme
• palmaire
• palmarès (“prize list, list of winners; record of achievements”)
• palmature
• palme d'or
• palmette (“a motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree”)
• palmier (“palm tree”)
• palmiste (“oil palm”)
• palmite
• palmure
• vin de palme

Related terms

• palmeraie
• palmier
• paume

Descendants

• → Romanian: palm

Verb

palme

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lampe

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin palma.

Noun

palme f (plural palmis)

1. (anatomy) palm

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.me/
• Rhymes: -alme
• Hyphenation: pàl‧me

Noun

palme f pl

1. plural of palma

Anagrams

• lampe

Latin

Noun

palme

1. vocative singular of palmus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• paume, pame

Etymology

From Old English palm, palma, from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalm(ə)/

Noun

palme (plural palmes)

1. palm (tree)

Descendants

• English: palm
• Scots: paum
• Yola: polm

References

• “palm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• balme

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German palm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈpalmə/

Noun

palme m or f or n

1. palm tree
2. palm leaf

Declension

Declension of palme (weak masculine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	palme	die	palmen
genitive	eines	dës	palmen	dër	palmen
dative	eime	dëm	palmen	dën	palmen
accusative	einen	dën	palmen	die	palmen

Declension of palme (weak feminine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	palme	die	palmen
genitive	einer	dër	palmen	dër	palmen
dative	einer	dër	palmen	dën	palmen
accusative	eine	die	palmen	die	palmen

Declension of palme (weak neuter)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	palme	diu	palmen
genitive	eines	dës	palmen	dër	palmen
dative	eime	dëm	palmen	dën	palmen
accusative	ein	daȥ	palme	diu	palmen

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Palme, Pallem
• German: Palme

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “palme”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “palme”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition

Norman

Etymology

From Latin palma.

Noun

palme m (plural palmes)

1. (Jersey) palm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin palma, via Old Norse palmi.

Noun

palme m (definite singular palmen, indefinite plural palmer, definite plural palmene)

1. a palm (tree)

Derived terms

• kokospalme
• palmetre

References

• “palme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin palma, via Old Norse palmi, palma.

Noun

palme m (definite singular palmen, indefinite plural palmar, definite plural palmane)

1. a palm (tree)

Usage notes

• Was also standardised as grammatically feminine prior to the 1959 spelling reform.

Derived terms

• kokospalme
• palmetre

References

• “palme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “palme”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

• lampe, lempa, pelma

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin palma.

Noun

palme oblique singular, f (oblique plural palmes, nominative singular palme, nominative plural palmes)

1. palm leaf

Etymology 2

See paume.

Noun

palme oblique singular, f (oblique plural palmes, nominative singular palme, nominative plural palmes)

1. alternative form of paume

Portuguese

Verb

palme

1. inflection of palmar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalme]

Noun

palme f pl

1. plural of palmă

Spanish

Verb

palme

1. inflection of palmar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative