aumône
See also: aumone and aumosne
French
Etymology
From Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.mon/
Audio (file) - Homophone: aumônes
Noun
aumône f (plural aumônes)
- alms
- (by extension) a small, insulting sum of money
Derived terms
- aumônier
Further reading
- “aumône”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Nouméa