noun, feminine/pom/plural: paumes
palm (of the hand); ellipsis of jeu de paume (“real tennis”)
From Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, palme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Doublet of palme (“palm leaf”).
/pom/
palm (of the hand); ellipsis of jeu de paume (“real tennis”)
From Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, palme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Doublet of palme (“palm leaf”).