different between trees vs palm

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

trees

1. plural of tree

Verb

trees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tree

Anagrams

• Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Trees, a Dutch variant of the female names Thérèse and Theresia.

Alternative forms

• treze

Noun

trees f (plural trezen, diminutive treesje n)

1. (Belgium, derogatory) incompetent woman

Etymology 2

Noun

trees

1. Plural form of tree

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: päm, IPA^(key): /p??m/
• (US) enPR: päm, pälm, IPA^(key): /p?m/, /p?lm/, /p?m/, /p?lm/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?pæm/
• Rhymes: -??m

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 *pl?h?meh?, *pl?m- (“palm of the hand”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmur (“palm”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.

   Synonym: palm tree

2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Triumph; victory.
4. (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

Translations

Etymology 2

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 *palam-, *pl?m- (“palm of the hand”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (palám?, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm.

   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Further to Fly”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     The open palm of desire wants everything.

   Synonym: loof

   Antonym: hardel

2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
3. A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
   • 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

4. (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.
5. 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.
6. (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

palm (third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed)

1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.

3. To move something with the palm of the hand.

Derived terms

• palm off

Translations

References

• Palm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arecaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arecaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arecaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• hand on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Personal digital assistant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• LAMP, Lamp, MPLA, lamp

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?lm/
• Hyphenation: palm
• Rhymes: -?lm

Etymology 1

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

Noun

palm m (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

1. Any palm, (tropical tree of the family Palmae).
2. An image of such plant

Derived terms

- various

- Species and genera of Palmae

External links

• WNT

Etymology 2

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

Noun

palm f (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

1. A palm, the flat (middle part of the hand)

   Synonym: handpalm

Derived terms

• handpalm
• palmslag
• palmspier
• palmwortel

Anagrams

• lamp

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palm/

Noun

palm f

1. genitive plural of palma

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

palm c

1. A palm, tropical tree.

Declension