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Definition for: palm

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English

Etymology

Latin palma , palm

Pronunciation

  • päm, /pɑːm/, / pA:m /
    Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

palm ( plural: palms )

  1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae , which are mainly found in the tropics.
  2. Middle part of the hand
  3. A handheld computing device used to store personal data such as calendars and phone numbers.

Synonyms

( tropical tree )

Derived terms

Translations

tropical tree

  • Bosnian: palma f
  • Chinese: 棕榈
  • Danish: palmetræ n , palme c
  • Dutch: palm m , palmboom m
  • Esperanto: palmo
  • Finnish: palmu, palmupuu
  • French: palmier m
  • German: Palme f
  • Guaraní: jata'i, karanda, karanda'y, mbokaja, pindo
  • Indonesian: palma, palem
  • Interlingua: palma
  • Italian: palma
  • Japanese: 椰子 (やし, yashi)
  • Korean: 야자수 (椰子樹, yajasu)
  • Polish: palma f
  • Portuguese: palma f , palmeira f
  • Romanian: palmier m
  • Russian: пальма f (pál'ma)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: палма f
    Latin: palma f
  • Slovene: palma f
  • Spanish: palmera f
  • Swedish: palm c
  • Tupinambá: pindoba
  • Volapük: pam

middle part of the hand

  • Bosnian: dlan m
  • Danish: håndflade c
  • Dutch: palm m , handpalm m
  • Finnish: kämmen
  • French: paume f
  • German: Handfläche f
  • Indonesian: telapak tangan
  • Italian: palmo
  • Japanese: 手のひら (te no hira)
  • Korean: 손바닥 (sonbadak)
  • Norwegian: håndflate
  • Polish: dłoń m
  • Portuguese: palma f , palma da mão f'
  • Romanian: palmă f
  • Russian: ладонь f (ladón')
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: длан m
    Latin: dlan m
  • Slovene: dlan f
  • Spanish: palma de la mano f
  • Swedish: handflata c
  • Telugu: అరచేయి (aracheyi)
  • Tupinambá: poapytera
  • Volapük: namakev

#A handheld computing device used to store personal data such as calendars and phone numbers.

Verb

to palm (palms, palmed, palming)

  1. to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
  2. to hold something without bending the fingers significantly
  3. to move something laterally by static friction against the palm of the hand

Translations

  • French: enpalmer
  • German: palmieren
  • Japanese: 手のひらで持つ (てのひららでもつ, te no hira de motsu)
  • Spanish: agarrar con la palma, mover con la palma
  • Swedish: palmera

Dutch

Noun

palm m

  1. tropical tree
  2. middle part of the hand

Translations

tropical tree

middle part of the hand

Swedish

Noun

palm

  1. palm; a tropical tree

Conjugations

Common
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative palm palmen palmer palmerna
Genitive palms palmens palmers palmernas

Other Translations for "palm"

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