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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A palm tree (Cocos nucifera)

From Middle English palme, from Old English palm, palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch”), from Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂, *pl̥h₂emeh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmur (“palm”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

  1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
    Synonym: palm tree
  2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  3. (figurative, by extension) Triumph; victory.
  4. (scouting) Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.
Alternative forms
  • (Scouting award): Palm
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Etymology 2

From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of palmo, palma, and pam. Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

  1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
    Synonym: loof
    Antonym: hardel
  2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
  3. (historical) Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses
    • 1931, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco:
      He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five palms deep at a place of average depth
  4. (historical) Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
  5. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
  6. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
    • 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 168:
      They watched until the younger bull received a second cut, this one on his flank from a point on the brow palm that would have impaled him if he hadn't jumped out of the way.
  7. (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
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Verb

palm (third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed)

  1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
  2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
    John palmed the ball.
  3. To move something with the palm of the hand.
    • 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC‎[2]:
      The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
    I palmed in to work.
    She palmed the door as she talked to the security guard.
  5. (UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To bribe.
    • 1845, George Smeeton, Doings in London, page 78:
      He never again appeared in the house where practices of this description are carried on every night, and where officers of the police are palmed (bribed) for their forbearance.
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References

  1. ^ Jones, M. Jean (1973 August) The Regional English of the Former Inhabitants of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains‎[1], University of Tennessee, Knoxville, page 114.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old Dutch palma, from Latin palma.

Noun

palm m (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

  1. Any palm, (tropical tree of the family Palmae).
  2. An image of such plant
Derived terms

- various

- Species and genera of Palmae

Descendants
  • → Caribbean Javanese: palem
  • → Indonesian: palem

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old French palme, from Latin palma.

Noun

palm f (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

  1. A palm, the flat (middle part of the hand)
    Synonym: handpalm
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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palma.

Pronunciation

Noun

palm m (collective, singulative palma, paucal palmiet)

  1. palm-trees

Old English

Etymology

From Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”)

Noun

palm m or f

  1. a palmtree

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

palm f

  1. genitive plural of palma

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palme or German Palme.

Noun

palm m (plural palmi)

  1. palm tree

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative palm palmul palmi palmii
genitive-dative palm palmului palmi palmilor
vocative palmule palmilor

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish palmber, palma, from Old Norse palmi, from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

Noun

palm c

  1. A palm, tropical tree.

Declension

Declension of palm
nominative genitive
singular indefinite palm palms
definite palmen palmens
plural indefinite palmer palmers
definite palmerna palmernas
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