paume
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, paulme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Compare palme (“palm tree”), a borrowed doublet.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paume f (plural paumes)
- (anatomy) palm (of hand)
- real tennis
- Synonym: jeu de paume
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
paume
- inflection of paumer:
Further reading edit
- “paume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From older paulme, from Latin palma.
Noun edit
paume oblique singular, f (oblique plural paumes, nominative singular paume, nominative plural paumes)
- palm (anatomy)
- jeu de paume
Descendants edit
- Middle French: paulme
- French: paume
- → English: jeu de paume
- French: paume
- Norman: paûmé
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