aumône

From Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”).

• IPA^(key): /o.mon/

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aumône f (plural aumônes)

1. alms
2. (by extension) a small, insulting sum of money

• aumônier

• “aumône” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• Nouméa