alm

alm

1. (metrology) Symbol for the attolumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 10⁻¹⁸ lumens.

Borrowed from German Alm.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlm/
• Hyphenation: alm
• Rhymes: -ɑlm

alm f (plural almen)

1. alpine pasture [from mid 19th c.]
   • 1859, Heinrich Berghaus, Wat men van de aarde weet, en hoe men tot de kennis daarvan is gekomen, Vol. 3, tr. by P. van Os from German, Van Druten & Bleeker (publ.) page 229.

     Nu volgt weldra het drijven van het vee naar de alm.

     Now the driving of livestock to the alpine pasture soon follows.

   Synonym: alpenweide

• bergweide

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almer, definite plural almene)

1. an elm

• almetre

• “alm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse almr. Akin to English elm.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlm/

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almar, definite plural almane)

1. a wych-elm (Ulmus glabra)
2. an elm, (a tree of the genus Ulmus)

• almetre

• “alm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

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alm c

1. elm