palm

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
3. (broadly, figuratively) Triumph; victory.
4. Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

Verb

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.
3. To move something with the palm of the hand.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
5. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive) To bribe.

Concetti

palma

🌴

palmo della mano

palmo

palmizio

sberla

pianta del piede

decorazione

palma del cocco

mano

✋

medaglia

Opposto di

hardel

sinonimi

palm tree

🌴

hand

✋

sole

palm of hand

palm of the hand

handle

fortune-teller

decoration

instep

lift

medal

medallion

metacarpus

palmist

palmtree

ribbon

🎀

thenar

laurel wreath

confer

handbreadth

conceal

hand over

hide

impose

one’s intention

length

scope of one’s power

line

hemp palm

palmaceous

open hand

palmar

raphia palm

coconut palm

palm reader

fan palm

coconut

🥥

palmy

fob off on

foist on

palm-reader

sago palm

skill

coco

take

palma

thrust

touch

unload

wood

🪵

Traduzioni

paume

palma

Handfläche

palmeira

palmier

palma de la mano

palma

handpalm

Palme

🌴

palm

palmera

παλάμη

palme

palmboom

🌴

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pɑːm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: palme

Ereditato da inglese antico: palm

Affine olandese: palm

Affine tedesco: Palme

Affine danese: palme

Affine islandese: pálmur

Affine greco antico: παλάμη

Affine inglese antico: folm

Affine irlandese antico: lám

In summary

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”).