palmo

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish and Portuguese palmo (“handspan”), from Latin palmus. Doublet of palm, palma, and pam.

Noun

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palmo (plural palmos)

  1. (historical, measure) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm.
  2. (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually equivalent to about 22 cm.

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palmo (accusative singular palmon, plural palmoj, accusative plural palmojn)

  1. palm tree

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese palmo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin palmus. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish palmo and Catalan pam and palm.

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Noun

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palmo m (plural palmos)

  1. (historical) palmo, Spanish span, traditional Spanish unit of length
    • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
      Et avia ẽno rrostro hũu palmo et meo en longo et ẽna barua hũu palmo, et ẽno nariz hũu meo palmo; et ẽna testa hũu palmo et pouquo mais
      He had a handspan and a half in his face, and in the beard a handspan, and half a handspan in the nose; and in the front he had one handspan and a little more
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 159:
      Et se algũu quiser dar algũu pano de lenço para cobrir o altar de Santiago, deueo a dar de noue palmos en ancho et de viinte et hũu en longo.
      And if anyone would want to give a cloth of linen for covering Saint Jame's altar, it must be nine handspans in wide and twenty-one in long
    Synonym: cuarta
  2. (games) pitch and toss, a game in which coins are thrown at a mark

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Ido

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Etymology 1

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From Esperanto palmo (“palm tree”), from English palm, French palme, Italian palma,Spanish palma, Italian palma, Portuguese palmeira, Russian па́льма (pálʹma), ultimately from Latin palma (“palm tree, date”).

Noun

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palmo (plural palmi)

  1. palm branch
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English palm, Spanish and Italian palma, ultimately from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand”).

Noun

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palmo (plural palmi)

  1. (anatomy) palm (of hand)

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin palmus, from palma (“hand”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.mo/
  • Rhymes: -almo
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧mo

Noun

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palmo m (plural palmi)

  1. span (of hand)
  2. (regional) palm (of the hand)
    Synonym: palma

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Latin

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FWOTD – 22 March 2015

Etymology

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From palma (“hand, palm of the hand; branch”).

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Verb

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palmō (present infinitive palmāre, perfect active palmāvī, supine palmātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to make the print or mark of the palm of the hand
  2. (transitive) to tie up a vine

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of palmō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present palmō palmās palmat palmāmus palmātis palmant
imperfect palmābam palmābās palmābat palmābāmus palmābātis palmābant
future palmābō palmābis palmābit palmābimus palmābitis palmābunt
perfect palmāvī palmāvistī palmāvit palmāvimus palmāvistis palmāvērunt,
palmāvēre
pluperfect palmāveram palmāverās palmāverat palmāverāmus palmāverātis palmāverant
future perfect palmāverō palmāveris palmāverit palmāverimus palmāveritis palmāverint
passive present palmor palmāris,
palmāre 		palmātur palmāmur palmāminī palmantur
imperfect palmābar palmābāris,
palmābāre 		palmābātur palmābāmur palmābāminī palmābantur
future palmābor palmāberis,
palmābere 		palmābitur palmābimur palmābiminī palmābuntur
perfect palmātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect palmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect palmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present palmem palmēs palmet palmēmus palmētis palment
imperfect palmārem palmārēs palmāret palmārēmus palmārētis palmārent
perfect palmāverim palmāverīs palmāverit palmāverīmus palmāverītis palmāverint
pluperfect palmāvissem palmāvissēs palmāvisset palmāvissēmus palmāvissētis palmāvissent
passive present palmer palmēris,
palmēre 		palmētur palmēmur palmēminī palmentur
imperfect palmārer palmārēris,
palmārēre 		palmārētur palmārēmur palmārēminī palmārentur
perfect palmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect palmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — palmā — — palmāte —
future — palmātō palmātō — palmātōte palmantō
passive present — palmāre — — palmāminī —
future — palmātor palmātor — — palmantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives palmāre palmāvisse palmātūrum esse palmārī palmātum esse palmātum īrī
participles palmāns — palmātūrus — palmātus palmandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
palmandī palmandō palmandum palmandō palmātum palmātū

Derived terms

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References

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  • “palmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palmo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Latin palmus, from palma. Doublet of palma. Cognate with Spanish and Galician palmo and Catalan pam and palm.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaw.mu/ [ˈpaʊ̯.mu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaw.mo/ [ˈpaʊ̯.mo]

Noun

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palmo m (plural palmos)

  1. (historical, measure) palmo, a traditional unit of length about equal to 22 cm
  2. (historical, measure) square palmo, a traditional unit of area about equal to 480 cm²
  3. (historical, measure) cubic palmo, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 L, particularly used in measuring masonry
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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palmo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palmar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpalmo/ [ˈpal.mo]
  • Rhymes: -almo
  • Syllabification: pal‧mo

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin palmus, from palma. Doublet of palma. Cognate with Portuguese and Galician palmo and Catalan pam and palm.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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palmo m (plural palmos)

  1. span, handspan (an informal unit of length based on a hand's width)
  2. (figuratively) inch, ounce (any trivially small distance or amount of something)
  3. (historical) palmo, Spanish span (a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm)
    Synonym: cuarta
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  • (traditional unit of length): dedo (1⁄12 palmo), pulgada (1⁄9 palmo), coto (1⁄2 palmo), sesma (2⁄3 palmo), pie (1+1⁄3 palmos), codo (2 palmos), vara (4 palmos)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: palmo, pam

Etymology 2

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Verb

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palmo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palmar

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