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单词 palm
释义

palm

See also: Palm

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: päm, IPA(key): /pɑːm/
  • (US) enPR: päm, pälm, IPA(key): /pɑm/, /pɑlm/, /pɔm/, /pɔlm/, (archaic) /pæm/[1]
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈpæm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

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.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Revelation 7:9:
      A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.
  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
Derived terms
  • coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
  • date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
  • fan palm
  • maripa palm (Attallea maripa)
  • palmate
  • Palm Beach
  • palm civet
  • palmist
  • palmistry
  • Palm Sunday
  • palm wine
  • palmy
  • urucuri palm (Attalea phalerata)
  • wine palm
Translations
palm tree — see palm tree

Etymology 2

A human hand with the palm labelled

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.
    • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], OCLC 911789798, page 179:
      [She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]
    • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Further to Fly”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
      The open palm of desire wants everything.
    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.
Derived terms
  • cross someone's palm
  • grease someone's palm
  • itchy palm
  • palmar
Translations

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:
      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.
Derived terms
  • palm off
Translations
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References

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

Further reading

  • Palm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Arecaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Arecaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Arecaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Human hands on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Palm personal digital assistants on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • LAMP, Lamp, MPLA, lamp

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑlm/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: palm
  • Rhymes: -ɑlm

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

  • erepalm
  • palmaanplant
  • palmbier
  • palmboom
  • palmdak
  • palmezel
  • palmhof
  • palmkern
  • palmlijster
  • palmmarter
  • palmnoot
  • palmolie
  • palmriet
  • palmstruik
  • palmsuiker
  • palmtak
  • palmwijn
  • Palmzondag
  • voetpalm

- Species and genera of Palmae

  • arekapalm
  • arengpalm
  • betelpalm
  • coyolpalm
  • dadelpalm
  • dwergpalm
  • goudpalm
  • kokospalm
  • koningspalm
  • mauritiuspalm
  • oliepalm
  • perzikpalm
  • rotanpalm
  • sagopalm
  • schermpalm
  • waspalm
  • winnetjespalm
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
Derived terms
  • handpalm
  • palmslag
  • palmspier
  • palmwortel

Anagrams

  • lamp

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palm/

Noun

palm m (collective, singulative palma, paucal palmiet)

  1. palm-trees

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palm/
  • Rhymes: -alm
  • Syllabification: palm

Noun

palm f

  1. genitive plural of palma

Romanian

Etymology

From French palme or German Palme.

Noun

palm m (plural palmi)

  1. palm tree

Declension

Declension of palm
singularplural
indefinite articulationdefinite articulationindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(un) palmpalmul(niște) palmipalmii
genitive/dative(unui) palmpalmului(unor) palmipalmilor
vocativepalmulepalmilor

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Noun

palm c

  1. A palm, tropical tree.

Declension

Declension of palm 
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativepalmpalmenpalmerpalmerna
Genitivepalmspalmenspalmerspalmernas
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