alm

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

alm

(metrology) Symbol for attolumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 10⁻¹⁸ lumens.

English edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from alms

Pronunciation edit

(England, Wales) IPA^(key): /ɑːm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɑm/, /ɑlm/, (obsolete) /ɔlm/, /æm/^[1]
(Ireland, Scotland) IPA^(key): /am/
Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːlm
Homophone: arm (most non-rhotic accents)

Noun edit

alm (plural alms)

(nonstandard) Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms.
- 1992, Orlando B. Cuartocruz, Zamboanga Chabacano Folk Literature, page 26:
  An alm to the poor is a work of charity. Una limosna a los pobres es obra de caridad.
- 1992, Bobb Biehl, The Question Book, Thomas Nelson Publishers, →ISBN:
  If in doubt, you rarely go wrong giving an alm to the poor, and you might feel better about it.
- 2015, Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 78:
  “An alm for the love of God,” cries the beggar. Don Juan stops, reaches in his pocket and holds out his last gold coin above the outstretched arms of the [beggar].
- 2020, Melanie Dickerson, The Peasant's Dream, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 99:
  He wanted to offer it to you, as an alm for the Church, but I told him you would never agree to that. But if you wish to pay one guilder per month, I think he would accept that.

References edit

^ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎^[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 82.

Anagrams edit

AML, LAM, Lam, Lam., M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., lam, mal, mal-

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Alm.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɑlm/
Hyphenation: alm
Rhymes: -ɑlm

Noun edit

alm f (plural almen)

alpine pasture [from mid 19th c.]
- 1859, Heinrich Berghaus, Wat men van de aarde weet, en hoe men tot de kennis daarvan is gekomen, Vol. 3, tr. by P. van Os from German, Van Druten & Bleeker (publ.) page 229.
  Nu volgt weldra het drijven van het vee naar de alm.
  Now the driving of livestock to the alpine pasture soon follows.
Synonym: alpenweide

Hypernyms edit

bergweide

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

alm

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology edit

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

Noun edit

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almer, definite plural almene)

an elm

Derived terms edit

almetre

References edit

“alm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

alm

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology edit

From Old Norse almr. Akin to English elm.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɑlm/

Noun edit

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almar, definite plural almane)

a wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
an elm, (a tree of the genus Ulmus)

Derived terms edit

almetre

References edit

“alm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish edit

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

alm

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology edit

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

Pronunciation edit

audio (file)

Noun edit

alm c

elm

Declension edit

Declension of alm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alm	almen	almar	almarna
Genitive	alms	almens	almars	almarnas

Anagrams edit

LMA, lam, mal

Zoogocho Zapotec edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish alma, from Latin anima.

Noun edit

alm

soul

References edit

Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3

[1] Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎^[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 82.

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