# palm
## English
### Pronunciation

* (England, Wales) enPR: päm, IPA: /pɑːm/
* (US) enPR: päm, pälm, IPA: /pɑm/, /pɑlm/, /pɔm/, /pɔlm/, (archaic) /pæm/
    Audio (US):(file)
* (Canada) IPA: [pɑːm], [pɒːm]
* (Ireland) IPA: /ˈpæm/
* (Scotland) IPA: /ˈpam/
* Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːm, -ɔːlm, -æm

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Noun

palm (plural palms)
* Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
    Synonym: palm tree
* A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 7:9:A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.
* (figurative, by extension) Triumph; victory.
* (scouting) Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

##### Alternative forms

* (Scouting award): Palm

##### Derived terms

* Alexander palm
* Alexandra palm
* areca palm
* Asian palm civet
* 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
* 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
* maripa palm (Attallea maripa)
* 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
* travellers' palm
* traveller's palm
* ubussu palm
* umbrella palm
* urucuri palm (Attalea phalerata)
* vulcan palm
* walking palm
* wine palm

##### Descendants

* → Malay: palma, ڤلما

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Picture dictionary :
Palm
palm
wrist
thumb
index finger
middle finger
ring finger
pinky (US)
little finger :
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”).

#### Noun

palm (plural palms)
* The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
    Synonym: loof
    Antonym: hardel
** 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 179:[She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]
** 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Further to Fly”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.:The open palm of desire wants everything.
* The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
* (historical) Synonym of hand, 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
** 1931, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco:He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five palms deep at a place of average depth
* (historical) Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
* (sailmaking) 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.
* 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.
** 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 168:They watched until the younger bull received a second cut, this one on his flank from a point on the brow palm that would have impaled him if he hadn't jumped out of the way.
* (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

##### Derived terms

* 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
* grease someone's palm
* have someone in the palm of one's hand
* heel-palm
* in the palm of one's hand
* itchy palm
* know like the palm of one's hand
* palm card
* palmist
* palmistry
* palm mute
* palm muted
* palm muting
* palm print
* palm reader
* palm reading
* palm stone
* vibrating palm

##### Translations

Albanian: pëllëmbë (sq) f, pllâmë f (Gheg)
Arabic: رَاحَة f (rāḥa), كَف m (kaf)
Egyptian Arabic: بَطْن إِيد f (baṭn ʔīd)
Hijazi Arabic: كَفّ m (kaff)
Armenian: ափ (hy) (apʻ)
Aromanian: palmã f
Assamese: হাতৰ তলুৱা (hator tolua), কৰতল (korotol), তলুৱা (tolua) (of hand or foot)
Asturian: palma (ast) f
Avar: хъат (qxat)
Azerbaijani: ovuc (az), kəfə, aya
Bashkir: ус (us)
Belarusian: дало́нь f (dalónʹ)
Bengali: করতল (bn) (korotol)
Bhojpuri: हथेली (hathēlī)
Bikol Central: palad (bcl)
Breton: boz (br)
Bulgarian: длан (bg) f (dlan)
Burmese: ဖဝါး (my) (hpa.wa:), လက်ဝါး (my) (lak-wa:)
Buryat: альган (alʹgan)
Catalan: palmell (ca) m
Cebuano: palad
Central Dusun: palad
Chichewa: chikato
Chinese:
Cantonese: 手板 (sau$^2$ baan$^2$)
Mandarin: 手掌 (zh) (shǒuzhǎng)
Classical Nahuatl: mācpalli
Coptic: ϣⲟⲡ m (šop), ϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ f (hiome)
Czech: dlaň (cs) f
Dalmatian: puolma f
Danish: håndflade (da) c
Dutch: palm (nl) m, handpalm (nl) m
Egyptian: (šzp m)
Esperanto: manplato (eo), polmo (eo)
Estonian: kämmal
Evenki: ханңга
Faroese: lógvi m
Finnish: kämmen (fi)
French: paume (fr) f
Friulian: palme f
Galician: palma (gl) f
Georgian: ხელისგული (xelisguli)
German: Handfläche (de) f, Handteller (de) m
Gothic: 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 m (lōfa)
Greek: παλάμη (el) f (palámi)
Ancient: παλάμη f (palámē), θέναρ n (thénar)
Gujarati: હથેલી f (hathelī)
Hebrew: כַּף יָד (he) f (kaf yád), כַּף (he) f (kaf)
Higaonon: palad
Hindi: हथेली (hi) f (hathelī)
Hungarian: tenyér (hu), (especially the bent palm for grasping) marok (hu)
Icelandic: lófi (is) m
Ido: palmo (io)
Ilocano: dakulap
Indonesian: telapak tangan
Ingrian: kämmen, kämmel
Irish: bos f, dearna f
Italian: palmo (it) m
Japanese: 手のひら (てのひら, tenohira), 掌 (ja) (てのひら, tenohira)
Kalmyk: альхн (alʹxn)
Karakalpak: alaqan
Kazakh: алақан (alaqan)
Khakas: айа (aya)
Khiamniungan Naga: phōhmông
Khmer: ប្រអប់ដៃ (prɑʼɑp day), បាតដៃ (baat day)
Korean: 손바닥 (ko) (sonbadak)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لەپ (lep), مِست (ckb) (mist)
Northern Kurdish: kefa destî, kef (ku) f
Kyrgyz: алакан (ky) (alakan)
Lao: ຝ່າ (fā)
Latgalian: plauksts m
Latin: palma (la) f, palpus m
Latvian: plauksta (lv) f, delna (lv) f
Lithuanian: delnas m
Macedonian: дланка f (dlanka)
Malay: tapak tangan (ms), telapak tangan
Manchu: ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (falanggū)
Marathi: तळहात (taḷhāt)
Megleno-Romanian: palmă f
Mongolian: алга (mn) (alga)
Nanai: пайнга (pajŋa)
Navajo: álátłʼááh
Nepali: हत्केला (hatkelā)
Nogai: ая (aya)
Norman: paûmé m (Jersey), paumet m (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: håndflate (no) m or f, handflate m or f
Nynorsk: handflate f
Occitan: palma (oc) f, pauma (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: длань f (dlanĭ)
Glagolitic: ⰴⰾⰰⱀⱐ f (dlanĭ)
Old English: handbred n
Old Norse: lófi m
Ossetian: армытъӕпӕн (armyt’æpæn)
Ottoman Turkish: كف (keff), آیا (aya)
Pashto: خپړ (ps) f (xapᶕṛ), کف m (kaf)
Pawnee: ikskakusiriʼ, ikskatahcuʼ
Persian: کف (fa) (kaf), هبک (fa) sg (habk~ habak)
Polish: dłoń (pl) f
Portuguese: palma (pt) f, palma da mão f
Quechua: maki pampan
Romanian: palmă (ro) f
Russian: ладо́нь (ru) f (ladónʹ), до́лонь (ru) f (dólonʹ) (dialectal), длань (ru) f (dlanʹ) (archaic or poetic)
S'gaw Karen: စုညါသး (su nyah thä)
Saraiki: تَلّی (skr) f (tallī)
Sardinian: palma f, parma, prama
Scottish Gaelic: bas f, cròg f
Sechelt: péḵ-álh-úya
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дла̏н m
Roman: dlȁn (sh) m
Shan: ၽႃႇ (shn) (phàa)
Shor: алаққан (alaqqan)
Sicilian: palma (scn) f, pamma (scn) f, pàlma f, parma (scn) f
Slovak: dlaň (sk) f
Slovene: dlan (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dłoń f
Upper Sorbian: dłóń f
Southern Altai: алакан (alakan)
Southern Kalinga: parad, agpar
Spanish: palma (es) f, palma de la mano f
Swahili: kikofi (sw), kiganja (sw)
Swedish: handflata (sv) c
Tagalog: palad
Tajik: каф (tg) (kaf)
Tamil: உள்ளங்கை (ta) (uḷḷaṅkai)
Tatar: уч (tt) (uç)
Tausug: pad
Telugu: అరచేయి (te) (aracēyi)
Ternate: saha
Thai: ฝ่า (th) (fàa)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tigrinya: ከብዲ ኢድ (käbdi ʾid)
Tooro: ekiganja class 7
Tupinambá: poapytera
Turkish: aya (tr), avuç içi (tr)
Turkmen: aýa (tk)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎔 (kp)
Ukrainian: доло́ня (uk) f (dolónja), доло́нь f (dolónʹ)
Urdu: ہتھیلی f (hatheli)
Uyghur: ئالقان (alqan)
Uzbek: kaft (uz)
Venetan: palma f
Vietnamese: gan bàn tay, lòng bàn tay (vi)
Volapük: namakev (vo)
Welsh: cledr f
West Frisian: bal (fan 'e hân), hânpalm
White Hmong: xib teg
Woiwurrung: boothe-manang
Wolof: ténq
Xhosa: intende
Yakut: ытыс (ıtıs)
Yiddish: דלאָניע f (dlonye)
Zazaki: lep
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: ukhweshe (zu) class 11/10 :

#### Verb

palm (third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed)
* To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
* To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
    John palmed the ball.
* To move something with the palm of the hand.
** 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC‎: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.
* (intransitive, transitive) To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
    I palmed in to work.
    She palmed the door as she talked to the security guard.
* (UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To bribe.
** 1845, George Smeeton, Doings in London, page 78: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

* palm off
* palm out

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### References

* ↑ Jones, M. Jean (1973 August) The Regional English of the Former Inhabitants of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains‎, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, page 114.

### Further reading

* Palm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Arecaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:Arecaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Arecaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Human hands on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Category:Palm personal digital assistants on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* APML, MPLA, Lamp, lamp, LAMP

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑlm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: palm
* Rhymes: -ɑlm

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old Dutch palma, from Latin palma.

#### Noun

palm m (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)
* any palm, (tropical tree of the family Palmae)
* an image of such plant

##### Derived terms

- various
* 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
* arekapalm
* arengpalm
* betelpalm
* coyolpalm
* dadelpalm
* dwergpalm
* goudpalm
* kokospalm
* koningspalm
* mauritiuspalm
* oliepalm
* perzikpalm
* rotanpalm
* sagopalm
* schermpalm
* waspalm
* winnetjespalm

##### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: palem
* → Indonesian: palem

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old French palme, from Latin palma.

#### Noun

palm f (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)
* a palm, the flat (middle part of the hand)
    Synonym: handpalm

##### Derived terms

* handpalm
* palmslag
* palmspier
* palmwortel

### Anagrams

* lamp

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palm/

### Noun

palm m (collective, singulative palma, paucal palmiet)
* palm-trees

## Old English
### Etymology

From Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”).

### Noun

palm m or f
* palm tree

#### Derived terms

* palmtrēow

#### Descendants

* Middle English: palme, paume, pame
** English: palm
*** → Malay: palma, ڤلما
** Scots: paum
** Yola: polm

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* palma f

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

### Noun

palm m
* palm tree
* palm leaf

#### Derived terms

* palmboum
* palmholz

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: palme, balme
** Central Franconian:
*** Hunsrik: Palme, Pallem
** German: Palme

### References

* "palme" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpalm/
* Rhymes: -alm
* Syllabification: palm

### Noun

palm f
* genitive plural of palma

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French palme or German Palme.

### Noun

palm m (plural palmi)
* palm tree

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish palmber, palma, from Old Norse palmi, from Latin palma.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

palm c
* palm (tropical tree)

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: palmu

### References

* palm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* palm in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* palm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)