gamme

See also: gammé and gámme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡam/

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Noun

gamme f (plural gammes)

1. (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.

2. 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

• → Persian: گام (gâm)

Further reading

• “gamme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

gamme f pl

1. plural of gamma (“range, gamut; gamma”)

Anagrams

• Gemma, gemma

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gamen.

Noun

gamme

1. Alternative form of game

Etymology 2

From Old English gamenian.

Verb

gamme

1. Alternative form of gamen

Norman

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English game.

Noun

gamme f (plural gammes)

1. (Jersey) game

Derived terms

• gamme dé cartes (“card game”)
• gamme dé compiuteu (“computer game”)
• Les Gammes du Commonwealth (“Commonwealth Games”)
• Les Gammes Olympiques (“Olympic Games”)

 

Etymology 2

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Adjective

gamme m or f

1. (Jersey) plucky

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (“protruding part of a roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡamɛ/

Noun

gamme c

1. a small hut with walls out of turf or earth, formerly used by Sami nomads in northern Norway

Declension

Declension of gamme

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gamme	gammes
	definite	gammen	gammens
plural	indefinite	gammer	gammers
	definite	gammerna	gammernas

See also

• kåta

References

• gamme in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)