gamme
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgamme 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
editNoun
editgamme f pl
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English gamen.
Noun
editgamme
- Alternative form of game
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English gamenian.
Verb
editgamme
- Alternative form of gamen
Norman
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgamme 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
editgamme m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
edit- gamme f (dialectal)
Noun
editgamme m (definite singular gammen, indefinite plural gammar, definite plural gammane)
Poitevin-Saintongeais
editNoun
editgamme
- a loud anger
References
edit- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 201.
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (“protruding part of a roof”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgamme c
Declension
editDeclension of gamme | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gamme | gammen | gammer | gammerna |
Genitive | gammes | gammens | gammers | gammernas |
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