noun, feminine/sɔm/plural: sommes
sum; total
“Il a reçu une somme de 300 euros.” — He received a sum of 300 euros.
Related: en somme, jeu à somme nulle, somme toute, sommer
Inherited from Old French somme, sume, borrowed from Latin summa.
/sɔm/
sum; total
“Il a reçu une somme de 300 euros.” — He received a sum of 300 euros.
Related: en somme, jeu à somme nulle, somme toute, sommer
Inherited from Old French somme, sume, borrowed from Latin summa.
nap; doze; quick sleep
Related: piquer un somme
An alteration of Latin somnus, to assimilate with sommeil.
packsaddle
Related: bête de somme
Inherited from Old French some, from Late Latin sauma, alteration of Latin sagma (“packsaddle”), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare Occitan sauma, Italian soma and salma (“corpse”).