paume

From Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, paulme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Compare palme (“palm tree”), a borrowed doublet.

• IPA^(key): /pom/

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paume f (plural paumes)

1. (anatomy) palm (of hand)

paume

1. first-person singular present indicative of paumer
2. third-person singular present indicative of paumer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of paumer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of paumer
5. second-person singular imperative of paumer

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

• palme
• pasme
• paulme

From older paulme, from Latin palma.

paume f (oblique plural paumes, nominative singular paume, nominative plural paumes)

1. palm (anatomy)
2. jeu de paume

• Middle French: paulme
  • French: paume
    • English: jeu de paume (borrowed)
• Norman: paûmé