gamme
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gamme f (plural gammes)
- (music) musical scale
- Synonym: échelle
- faire ses gammes ― to play one's scales, to do one's scales
- En musique, une gamme est un ensemble de sons, appelés degrés, formant le cadre dans lequel se bâtit une œuvre musicale.
- In music, a scale is a set of sounds, called degrees, forming the framework in which a musical work is constructed.
- range, gamut, series
- gamme de produits ― product base
- haut de gamme ― upscale, upmarket, high-end
- bas de gamme ― low-end
- entrée de gamme ― low-end
Descendants edit
- → Persian: گام (gâm)
Further reading edit
- “gamme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
gamme f pl
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English gamen.
Noun edit
gamme
- Alternative form of game
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English gamenian.
Verb edit
gamme
- Alternative form of gamen
Norman edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gamme f (plural gammes)
Derived terms edit
- gamme dé cartes (“card game”)
- gamme dé compiuteu (“computer game”)
- Les Gammes du Commonwealth (“Commonwealth Games”)
- Les Gammes Olympiques (“Olympic Games”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective edit
gamme m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- gamme f (dialectal)
Noun edit
gamme m (definite singular gammen, indefinite plural gammar, definite plural gammane)
Poitevin-Saintongeais edit
Noun edit
gamme
- a loud anger
References edit
- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 201.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (“protruding part of a roof”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gamme c
Declension edit
Declension of gamme | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gamme | gammen | gammer | gammerna |
Genitive | gammes | gammens | gammers | gammernas |