Wamme

Signification (Anglais)

1. (feminine) dewlap (hanging skin on certain animals, such as cattle)
2. (alt-of, alternative, feminine, uncommon) alternative form of Wampe (“potbelly”)

Concepts

bedaine

panse

Synonymes

Bauch

Bierbauch

Pansen

Wanst

Wampe

Traductions

papada

dewlap

belly

stomach

pancia

buzzo

giogaia

gozzo

pancione

rumine

doppio mento

panza

alvus

buik

pens

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

lämpe

canton de Bâle-Campagne

wampe

canton de Bâle-Campagne

wämpe

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvamə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: wambe

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: wamba

In summary

From Middle High German wambe, from Old High German wamba, from Proto-Germanic *wambō. Cognate with English womb.
Wamme shows the normal Standard German development -mb- → -mm-, whereas the variant Wampe has an Upper German consonantism. The two are now usually distinguished semantically: Wamme referring to animals, Wampe to people in colloquial use.