From en.wiktionary.org:
[Palm]
** English
[Palm]
*** Pronunciation
- [päm] , [en]
- [päm] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], [ang], from [en], from [en], [ine-pro], from [en].
Cognate with [nl], [de], [da], [is].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Any of various evergreen tree s 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. * [book=Revelation]
4. [en] Triumph; victory.
5. [en] Any of 23 award s that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.
***** Alternative forms
- [Scouting award] [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|[maripa palm] ([Attallea maripa]) |[urucuri palm] ([Attalea
phalerata]) |Alexander palm |Alexandra palm| iraca palm|palm kernel |areca
palm|emerald palm|palm vinegar |Asian palm civet|Palm Coast |bamboo palm
|bangalow palm |bertam palm |betel palm |bottle palm |bread palm |cabbage palm
|California fan palm |chiquichiqui palm |coconut palm ([Cocos nucifera]) |coco
palm |coquito palm|Mediterranean dwarf palm |Cornish palm |date palm |date
palm ([Phoenix dactylifera]) |doom palm |doum palm |Emperor palm |fan palm
|fishtail palm |ghetto palm |gingerbread palm |hat palm |heart of palm |hemp
palm |Illawarra palm |ivory palm |jacitara palm |jagua palm |jelly palm
|Jupati palm |lady palm |macaw palm |makalani palm |masked palm civet |Mexican
fan palm |Molucca palm |moriche palm |Neanthe bella palm |needle palm |nipa
palm |northern palm squirrel |oil of palm |oil palm |ouricury palm |palmate
|Palm Bay |Palm Beach |palm butter |palm cabbage |palm civet |palm cockatoo
|palm court |palm court orchestra |palm-dart |palm dove |palm fat |palm grass
|palm kernel oil |palm king |palm-leaf |palm nut |palm-oil |palm oil |palm
squirrel |palm stearin |palm sugar |Palm Sunday |palm syrup |palm thief
|palm-tree |palm tree justice |palm weevil |palm wine |palm-wine |palmy
|palmyra palm |Panama hat palm |pandanus palm |parlor palm |parlour palm
|peach palm |phœnix palm |phoenix palm |pineapple palm |ponytail palm |queen
palm |raffia palm |rasp palm |rônier palm |royal palm |sago palm |salak palm
|sand palm |screw palm |stilt palm |sugar palm |tagua palm |talipot palm
|Texas phoenix palm decline |thief palm |toddy palm |toquilla palm |traveler's
palm |traveller's palm |travellers' palm |ubussu palm |umbrella palm |vulcan
palm |walking palm |wine palm}}
***** Descendants
- [ms]
***** Translations
[palm tree]
*** Etymology 2
[Wiktionary:Picture dictionary/en:Fingers] From [en], [enm], from [en], [fro],
[fro], from [en], from [en], from [en]. [en]. Cognate with [grc], [ang],
[sga].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
2. * [page=179]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | date=October 28 1990 | author=w:Paul Simon | chapter=Further to Fly | title=w:The Rhythm of the Saints | publisher=Warner Bros.
|passage=The open PALM of desire wants everything.}}
1. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a nonprimate mammal.
2. [en] [en] , [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]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1931 | author=Herbert Eugene Bolton | title=Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco
|passage=He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five PALMS deep at a
place of average depth}}
1. [en] Any of various unit s of length notionally derive d from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the finger s.
2. [en] 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.
3. 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.
4. * [en]
5. [en] The flat inner face of an anchor fluke .
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en|cross someone's palm|cross someone's palm with silver|eat from the
palm of someone's hand|eat out of the palm of someone's hand|facepalm|have
someone in the palm of one's hand|know like the palm of one's
hand|heel-palm|palm card|palm print|palm reading|grease someone's palm|itchy
palm|palmistry|in the palm of one's hand|palm mute|palm muted|palm muting|palm
reader|palmist|vibrating palm|palm stone }}
***** Translations
[inner, concave part of hand]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq] [Gheg]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Assamese: [as] , [as] , [as] [of hand or foot]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bhojpuri: [bho]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Buryat: [bua]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Central Dusun: [dtp]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Classical Nahuatl: [nci]
- Coptic: [cop] , [cop]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dalmatian: [dlm]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Egyptian: [šzp]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Evenki: [evn]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he] , [he]
- Higaonon: [mba]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [especially the bent palm for grasping] [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Karakalpak: [kaa]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Megleno-Romanian: [ruq]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Nanai: [gld]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Nogai: [nog]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey] , [nrf] [Guernsey]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Norse: [non]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota] , [ota]
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps]
- Pawnee: [paw] , [paw]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [dialectal] , [ru] [archaic or poetic]
- S'gaw Karen: [ksw]
- Saraiki: [skr]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc] , [sc]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Sechelt: [sec]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: [shn]
- Shor: [cjs]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn] , [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Southern Kalinga: [ksc] , [ksc]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Tausug: [tsg]
- Telugu: [te]
- Ternate: [tft]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Tigrinya: [ti]
- Tooro: [ttj]
- Tupinambá: [tpn]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ugaritic: [uga]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy] , [fy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
- Wolof: [wo]
- Xhosa: [xh]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zhuang: [za]
- Zulu: [zu]
[trans-bottom]
[corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Japanese: [cat] [ja]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Tamil: [ta]
[trans-bottom]
[metallic disc attached to a strap]
- Italian: [it]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[broad flattened part of an antler]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-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. * {{ quote-web
|en |date=December 28, 2010 |author=Marc Vesty |title=Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham
|work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9306533.stm
|page= |passage=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.}}
1. [en] To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
2. [en] To bribe .
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1845 | author=George Smeeton | title=Doings in London | page=78
|passage=He never again appeared in the house where practices of this
description are carried on every night, and where officers of the police are
PALMED (bribed) for their forbearance.}}
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja] ; [sentence] [ja]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[to hold something without bending the fingers]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Japanese: [sentence] [ja]
- Swahili: [sw]
[trans-bottom]
[to move something with the palm of the hand]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Tamil: [ta]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
*** Further reading
- [Palm]
- [Arecaceae]
- [Arecaceae]
- [Arecaceae]
- [Human hands]
- [Palm personal digital assistants]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Dutch
[lang=nl]
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl].
**** Noun
[m]
1. any [en] , ( tropical tree of the family Palmae )
2. an image of such plant
***** Derived terms
- various {{col4|nl |erepalm |palmaanplant |palmbier |palmboom |palmdak
|palmezel |palmhof |palmkaketoe |palmkern |palmlijster |palmmarter |palmnoot
|palmolie |palmriet |palmstruik |palmsuiker |palmtak |palmwijn |Palmzondag
|voetpalm}}
- Species and genera of Palmae {{col4|nl |arekapalm |arengpalm |betelpalm
|coyolpalm |dadelpalm |dwergpalm |goudpalm |koningspalm |kokospalm
|mauritiuspalm |oliepalm |perzikpalm |rotanpalm |sagopalm |schermpalm |waspalm
|winnetjespalm}}
***** Descendants
- [jvn]
- [id]
*** Etymology 2
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl].
**** Noun
[f]
1. a [en] , the flat ( middle part of the hand )
***** Derived terms
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
** Maltese
*** Etymology
[mt].
*** Pronunciation
- [mt]
*** Noun
[sing=palma]
1. palm-tree s
** Old English
*** Etymology
[ang] From [ang]. [ang].
*** Noun
[m]
1. palm tree
**** Derived terms
- [ang]
**** Descendants
- [enm]
[ang]
** Old High German
*** Alternative forms
- [goh]
*** Etymology
[goh] [goh].
*** Noun
[m]
1. palm tree
2. [en] leaf
**** Declension
[palm]
**** Derived terms
[goh]
**** Descendants
- [gmh]
*** References
- [palme]
[goh]
** Polish
*** Pronunciation
[pl-pr]
*** Noun
[pl]
1. [pl]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro] or [ro].
*** Noun
[m]
1. palm tree
**** Declension
[ro-noun-m]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Etymology
From [sv], [gmq-osw], from [sv], from [sv].
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Noun
[sv]
1. [en] (tropical tree)
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-er]
**** Descendants
- [fi]
*** References
- [so]
- [soal]
- [saob]