palm

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• US: päm
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• US: pälm
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• US: /pɑm/
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• US: /pɑlm/
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• US: /pɔm/
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• US: /pɔlm/
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• archaic, US: /pæm/
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• Canada: [pɑːm]
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• Canada: [pɒːm]
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• Ireland: /ˈpæm/
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• Scotland: /ˈpam/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle High German palme, balme, related to palm (“palm tree”).

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”).

From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h2(e)meh2 (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh2- (“flat”). Doublet of palmo, palma, and pam. Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).

See palm.

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pëllëmbë — inner, concave part of hand
• Albanian: pllâmë — inner, concave part of hand
• Southern Altai: алакан (alakan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Arabic: رَاحَة (rāḥa) — inner, concave part of hand
• Arabic: كَفّ (kaff) — inner, concave part of hand
• Arabic: بَطْن إِيد (baṭn ʔīd) — inner, concave part of hand
• Arabic: كَفّ (kaff) — inner, concave part of hand
• Armenian: ափ (apʻ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Aromanian: palmã — inner, concave part of hand
• Assamese: হাতৰ তলুৱা (hator tolua) — inner, concave part of hand
• Assamese: কৰতল (korotol) — inner, concave part of hand
• Assamese: তলুৱা (tolua) — inner, concave part of hand
• Asturian: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Avar: хъат (qxat) — inner, concave part of hand
• Azerbaijani: ovuc — inner, concave part of hand
• Azerbaijani: kəfə — inner, concave part of hand
• Azerbaijani: aya — inner, concave part of hand
• Bangi: likanza — inner, concave part of hand
• Bangi: likata — inner, concave part of hand
• Bashkir: ус (us) — inner, concave part of hand
• Belarusian: дало́нь (dalónʹ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Bengali: করতল (korotol) — inner, concave part of hand
• Bhojpuri: हथेली (hathēlī) — inner, concave part of hand
• Central Bikol: palad — inner, concave part of hand
• Breton: boz — inner, concave part of hand
• Bulgarian: длан (dlan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Burmese: ဖဝါး (hpa.wa:) — inner, concave part of hand
• Burmese: လက်ဝါး (lak-wa:) — inner, concave part of hand
• Buryat: альган (alʹgan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Catalan: palmell — inner, concave part of hand
• Cebuano: palad — inner, concave part of hand
• Chichewa: chikato — inner, concave part of hand
• Chinese Cantonese: 手板 (sau2 baan2) — inner, concave part of hand
• Chinese Mandarin: 手掌 (shǒuzhǎng) — inner, concave part of hand
• Coptic: ϣⲟⲡ (šop) — inner, concave part of hand
• Coptic: ϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ (hiome) — inner, concave part of hand
• Czech: dlaň — inner, concave part of hand
• Dalmatian: puolma — inner, concave part of hand
• Danish: håndflade — inner, concave part of hand
• Central Dusun: palad — inner, concave part of hand
• Dutch: palm — inner, concave part of hand
• Dutch: handpalm — inner, concave part of hand
• Egyptian: O43-p:N11 (šzp) — inner, concave part of hand
• Esperanto: manplato — inner, concave part of hand
• Esperanto: polmo — inner, concave part of hand
• Estonian: kämmal — inner, concave part of hand
• Evenki: ханңга — inner, concave part of hand
• Faroese: lógvi — inner, concave part of hand
• Finnish: kämmen — inner, concave part of hand
• French: paume — inner, concave part of hand
• West-Frisian: bal (fan 'e hân) — inner, concave part of hand
• West-Frisian: hânpalm — inner, concave part of hand
• Friulian: palme — inner, concave part of hand
• Galician: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Georgian: ხელისგული (xelisguli) — inner, concave part of hand
• German: Handfläche — inner, concave part of hand
• German: Handteller — inner, concave part of hand
• Gothic: 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa) — inner, concave part of hand
• Greek: παλάμη (palámi) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ancient Greek: παλάμη (palámē) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ancient Greek: θέναρ (thénar) — inner, concave part of hand
• Gujarati: હથેલી (hathelī) — inner, concave part of hand
• Hebrew: כַּף יָד (kaf yád) — inner, concave part of hand
• Hebrew: כַּף (kaf) — inner, concave part of hand
• Hebrew: פִּסַּת יָד (pisát yad) — inner, concave part of hand
• Higaonon: palad — inner, concave part of hand
• Hindi: हथेली (hathelī) — inner, concave part of hand
• White Hmong: xib teg — inner, concave part of hand
• Hungarian: tenyér — inner, concave part of hand
• Hungarian: marok — inner, concave part of hand
• Icelandic: lófi — inner, concave part of hand
• Ido: palmo — inner, concave part of hand
• Ilocano: dakulap — inner, concave part of hand
• Indonesian: telapak tangan — inner, concave part of hand
• Ingrian: kämmen — inner, concave part of hand
• Ingrian: kämmel — inner, concave part of hand
• Irish: bos — inner, concave part of hand
• Irish: dearna — inner, concave part of hand
• Italian: palmo — inner, concave part of hand
• Japanese: 手のひら (tenohira) — inner, concave part of hand
• Japanese: 掌 (tenohira) — inner, concave part of hand
• Southern Kalinga: parad — inner, concave part of hand
• Southern Kalinga: agpar — inner, concave part of hand
• Kalmyk: альхн (alʹxn) — inner, concave part of hand
• Karakalpak: alaqan — inner, concave part of hand
• S'gaw Karen: စုညါသး (su nyah thä) — inner, concave part of hand
• Kazakh: алақан (alaqan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Khakas: айа (aya) — inner, concave part of hand
• Khmer: ប្រអប់ដៃ (prɑɑʼɑp day) — inner, concave part of hand
• Khmer: បាតដៃ (baat day) — inner, concave part of hand
• Korean: 손바닥 (sonbadak) — inner, concave part of hand
• Central Kurdish: لەپ (lep) — inner, concave part of hand
• Central Kurdish: مِست (mist) — inner, concave part of hand
• Northern Kurdish: kefa destî — inner, concave part of hand
• Northern Kurdish: kef — inner, concave part of hand
• Kyrgyz: алакан (alakan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Lao: ຝ່າ (fā) — inner, concave part of hand
• Latgalian: plauksts — inner, concave part of hand
• Latin: vola — inner, concave part of hand
• Latin: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Latin: palmus — inner, concave part of hand
• Latin: palpus — inner, concave part of hand
• Latvian: plauksta — inner, concave part of hand
• Latvian: delna — inner, concave part of hand
• Lingala: likanza — inner, concave part of hand
• Lingala: likata — inner, concave part of hand
• Lithuanian: delnas — inner, concave part of hand
• Macedonian: дланка (dlanka) — inner, concave part of hand
• Malay: tapak tangan — inner, concave part of hand
• Malay: telapak tangan — inner, concave part of hand
• Manchu: ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (falanggū) — inner, concave part of hand
• Marathi: तळहात (taḷhāt) — inner, concave part of hand
• Megleno-Romanian: palmă — inner, concave part of hand
• Mongolian: алга (alga) — inner, concave part of hand
• Khiamniungan Naga: phōhmông — inner, concave part of hand
• Classical Nahuatl: mācpalli — inner, concave part of hand
• Nanai: пайнга (pajŋa) — inner, concave part of hand
• Navajo: álátłʼááh — inner, concave part of hand
• Nepali: हत्केला (hatkelā) — inner, concave part of hand
• Nogai: ая (aya) — inner, concave part of hand
• Norman: paûmé — inner, concave part of hand
• Norman: paumet — inner, concave part of hand
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndflate — inner, concave part of hand
• Norwegian Bokmål: handflate — inner, concave part of hand
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handflate — inner, concave part of hand
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lóve — inner, concave part of hand
• Occitan: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Occitan: pauma — inner, concave part of hand
• Church Slavic: длань (dlanĭ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Church Slavic: ⰴⰾⰰⱀⱐ (dlanĭ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Old English: handbred — inner, concave part of hand
• Old Norse: lófi — inner, concave part of hand
• Old Tupi: popytera class Ib — inner, concave part of hand
• Ossetian: армытъӕпӕн (armyt’æpæn) — inner, concave part of hand
• Pashto: خپړ (xapᶕṛ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Pashto: کف (kaf) — inner, concave part of hand
• Pawnee: ikskakusiriʼ — inner, concave part of hand
• Pawnee: ikskatahcuʼ — inner, concave part of hand
• Persian: کف (kaf) — inner, concave part of hand
• Persian: هبک — inner, concave part of hand
• Polish: dłoń — inner, concave part of hand
• Portuguese: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Portuguese: palma da mão — inner, concave part of hand
• Quechua: maki pampan — inner, concave part of hand
• Romanian: palmă — inner, concave part of hand
• Russian: ладо́нь (ladónʹ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Russian: до́лонь (dólonʹ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Russian: длань (dlanʹ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Saraiki: تَلّی (tallī) — inner, concave part of hand
• Sardinian: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Sardinian: parma — inner, concave part of hand
• Sardinian: prama — inner, concave part of hand
• Scottish Gaelic: bas — inner, concave part of hand
• Scottish Gaelic: cròg — inner, concave part of hand
• Sechelt: péḵ-álh-úya — inner, concave part of hand
• Serbo-Croatian: дла̏н — inner, concave part of hand
• Serbo-Croatian: dlȁn — inner, concave part of hand
• Shan: ၽႃႇ (phàa) — inner, concave part of hand
• Shor: алаққан (alaqqan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Sicilian: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Sicilian: pamma — inner, concave part of hand
• Sicilian: pàlma — inner, concave part of hand
• Sicilian: parma — inner, concave part of hand
• Slovak: dlaň — inner, concave part of hand
• Slovene: dlan — inner, concave part of hand
• Lower Sorbian: dłoń — inner, concave part of hand
• Upper Sorbian: dłóń — inner, concave part of hand
• Spanish: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Spanish: palma de la mano — inner, concave part of hand
• Swahili: kikofi — inner, concave part of hand
• Swahili: kiganja — inner, concave part of hand
• Swedish: handflata — inner, concave part of hand
• Tagalog: palad — inner, concave part of hand
• Tajik: каф (kaf) — inner, concave part of hand
• Tamil: உள்ளங்கை (uḷḷaṅkai) — inner, concave part of hand
• Lower Tanana: -lok'a — inner, concave part of hand
• Tatar: уч (uç) — inner, concave part of hand
• Tausug: pad — inner, concave part of hand
• Telugu: అరచేయి (aracēyi) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ternate: saha — inner, concave part of hand
• Thai: ฝ่า (fàa) — inner, concave part of hand
• Tigrinya: ከብዲ ኢድ (käbdi ʾid) — inner, concave part of hand
• Tooro: ekiganja class 7 — inner, concave part of hand
• Copala Triqui: cuxruj raꞌa — inner, concave part of hand
• Copala Triqui: rque raꞌa — inner, concave part of hand
• Turkish: aya — inner, concave part of hand
• Turkish: avuç içi — inner, concave part of hand
• Ottoman Turkish: آوج (avuc) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ottoman Turkish: كف (keff) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ottoman Turkish: آیا (aya) — inner, concave part of hand
• Turkmen: aýa — inner, concave part of hand
• Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎔 (kp) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ukrainian: доло́ня (dolónja) — inner, concave part of hand
• Ukrainian: доло́нь (dolónʹ) — inner, concave part of hand
• Urdu: ہتھیلی (hatheli) — inner, concave part of hand
• Uyghur: ئالقان (alqan) — inner, concave part of hand
• Uzbek: kaft — inner, concave part of hand
• Venetan: palma — inner, concave part of hand
• Vietnamese: gan bàn tay — inner, concave part of hand
• Vietnamese: lòng bàn tay — inner, concave part of hand
• Volapük: namakev — inner, concave part of hand
• Welsh: cledr — inner, concave part of hand
• Wolof: ténq — inner, concave part of hand
• Xhosa: intende — inner, concave part of hand
• Yakut: ытыс (ïtïs) — inner, concave part of hand
• Yiddish: דלאָניע (dlonye) — inner, concave part of hand
• Zazaki: lep — inner, concave part of hand
• Zhuang: bajfwngz — inner, concave part of hand
• Zulu: ukhweshe class 11/10 — inner, concave part of hand
• Finnish: kämmen — corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal
• Hebrew: כַּף (kaf) — corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal
• Japanese: 肉球 (nikukyū) — corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal
• Swahili: kikofi — corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal
• Swahili: kiganja — corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal
• Italian: guardapalma — metallic disc attached to a strap
• Turkish: kefne — metallic disc attached to a strap
• Ottoman Turkish: كفنه (kefne, kefene) — metallic disc attached to a strap
• Finnish: lapio — broad flattened part of an antler
• Finnish: lapa — broad flattened part of an antler
• French: empaumure — broad flattened part of an antler
• Finnish: piilottaa kämmeneensä — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Hungarian: tenyerébe rejt — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Japanese: 握る (nigiru) — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Japanese: 手のひらに隠す (te no hira ni kakusu) — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Portuguese: empalmar — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Portuguese: palmar — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Turkish: avuçlamak — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Zazaki: lep kerden — to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand
• Finnish: pitää kämmenellä — to hold something without bending the fingers
• Japanese: 手のひらで持つ (te no hira de motsu) — to hold something without bending the fingers
• Swahili: kikofi — to hold something without bending the fingers
• Finnish: siirtää kämmenellä — to move something with the palm of the hand
• Swahili: kikofi — to move something with the palm of the hand
• Tamil: தள்ளு (taḷḷu) — to move something with the palm of the hand