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)
- (music) musical scale
- Synonym: échelle
- 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.
- range, gamut, series
Derived terms
- faire ses gammes
- haut de gamme
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
- plural of gamma (“range, gamut; gamma”)
Anagrams
- Gemma, gemma
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gamen.
Noun
gamme
- Alternative form of game
Etymology 2
From Old English gamenian.
Verb
gamme
- Alternative form of gamen
Norman
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English game.
Noun
gamme f (plural gammes)
- (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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
gamme m or f
- (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
- a small hut with walls out of turf or earth, formerly used by Sami nomads in northern Norway
Declension
| Declension of gamme | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gamme | gammen | gammer | gammerna |
| Genitive | gammes | gammens | gammers | gammernas |
See also
- kåta
References
- gamme in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)