noun, feminine/am/plural: âmes
soul; soul, heart, mind; soul, person; bore (of a cannon); soundpost (of a violin etc.)
“C'est un village de 800 âmes.” — It's a village of 800 souls.
Inherited from Middle French ame, amme, from Old French ame, anme, anima, from Latin anima. Compare dialectal English onde (“breath”), Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰 (ahma, “spirit”).