# alm
## Translingual
### Symbol

alm
* (metrology) Symbol for attolumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 10$^{−18}$ lumens.

## English
### Etymology

Back-formation from alms.

### Pronunciation

* (England, Wales) IPA: /ɑːm/
* (US) IPA: /ɑm/, /ɑlm/, (obsolete) /ɔlm/, /æm/
* (Ireland, Scotland) IPA: /am/
* Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːlm
* Homophone: arm (most non-rhotic accents)

### Noun

alm (plural alms)
* (nonstandard) Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms.
** 1992, Orlando B. Cuartocruz, Zamboanga Chabacano Folk Literature, page 26:An alm to the poor is a work of charity. Una limosna a los pobres es obra de caridad.
** 1992, Bobb Biehl, The Question Book, Thomas Nelson Publishers, →ISBN:If in doubt, you rarely go wrong giving an alm to the poor, and you might feel better about it.
** 2015, Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 78:“An alm for the love of God,” cries the beggar. Don Juan stops, reaches in his pocket and holds out his last gold coin above the outstretched arms of the [beggar].
** 2020, Melanie Dickerson, The Peasant's Dream, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 99:He wanted to offer it to you, as an alm for the Church, but I told him you would never agree to that. But if you wish to pay one guilder per month, I think he would accept that.

### References

* ↑ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 82.

### Anagrams

* AML, LAM, Lam, Lam., M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., lam, mal, mal-

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Alm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑlm/
* Hyphenation: alm
* Rhymes: -ɑlm

### Noun

alm f (plural almen)
* alpine pasture [from mid 19th c.]
** 1859, Heinrich Berghaus, Wat men van de aarde weet, en hoe men tot de kennis daarvan is gekomen, Vol. 3, tr. by P. van Os from German, Van Druten & Bleeker (publ.) page 229.
    Nu volgt weldra het drijven van het vee naar de alm.Now the driving of livestock to the alpine pasture soon follows.
    Synonym: alpenweide

#### Hypernyms

* bergweide

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

### Noun

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almer, definite plural almene)
* an elm

#### Derived terms

* almetre

### References

* “alm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse almr. Akin to English elm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑlm/

### Noun

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almar, definite plural almane)
* a wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
* an elm, (a tree of the genus Ulmus)

#### Derived terms

* almetre

### References

* “alm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alm c
* elm

#### Derived terms

* almsjuka (“Dutch elm disease”)

### Anagrams

* LMA, lam, mal

## Zoogocho Zapotec
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alma, from Latin anima.

### Noun

alm
* soul

### References

* Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3