palm

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English

Pronunciation

• (England, Wales) enPR: päm, IPA^(key): /pɑːm/
• (US) enPR: päm, pälm, IPA^(key): /pɑm/, /pɑlm/, /pɔm/, /pɔlm/, (archaic) /pæm/

• (Canada) IPA^(key): [pɑːm], [pɒːm]
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈpæm/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpam/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːm, -ɔːlm, -æm

Etymology 1

From Middle English palme, from Old English palm, palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch”), from Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂, *pl̥h₂emeh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmur (“palm”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.

   Synonym: palm tree

2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
3. (figurative, by extension) Triumph; victory.
4. (scouting) Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

Alternative forms

• (Scouting award): Palm

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Malay: palma, ڤلما

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of palmo, palma, and pam. Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

   Synonym: loof

   Antonym: hardel
2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
3. (historical) Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses
4. (historical) Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
5. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
6. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
7. (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

palm (third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed)

1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.

3. To move something with the palm of the hand.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.

5. (UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To bribe.

Derived terms

• palm off
• palm out

Translations

References

Further reading

• Palm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arecaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Arecaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arecaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Human hands on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Palm personal digital assistants on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• APML, MPLA, Lamp, lamp, LAMP

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑlm/
• Hyphenation: palm
• Rhymes: -ɑlm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old Dutch palma, from Latin palma.

Noun

palm m (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

1. any palm, (tropical tree of the family Palmae)
2. an image of such plant

Derived terms

- various

- Species and genera of Palmae

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: palem
• → Indonesian: palem

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old French palme, from Latin palma.

Noun

palm f (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

1. a palm, the flat (middle part of the hand)

   Synonym: handpalm

Derived terms

• handpalm
• palmslag
• palmspier
• palmwortel

Anagrams

• lamp

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palm/

Noun

palm m (collective, singulative palma, paucal palmiet)

1. palm-trees

Old English

Etymology

From Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”).

Noun

palm m or f

1. palm tree

Derived terms

• palmtrēow

Descendants

• Middle English: palme, paume, pame
  • English: palm
    • → Malay: palma, ڤلما
  • Scots: paum
  • Yola: polm

Old High German

Alternative forms

• palma f

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Noun

palm m

1. palm tree
2. palm leaf

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle High German: palme, balme
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Palme, Pallem
  • German: Palme

References

• "palme" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalm/
• Rhymes: -alm
• Syllabification: palm

Noun

palm f

1. genitive plural of palma

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palme or German Palme.

Noun

palm m (plural palmi)

1. palm tree

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish palmber, palma, from Old Norse palmi, from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

Noun

palm c

1. palm (tropical tree)

Declension

Descendants

• → Finnish: palmu

References

• palm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• palm in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• palm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)