English

Proper noun

Palma

1. A city and port in Majorca, capital of the Balearic Islands

Translations

Synonyms

• Palma de Mallorca

Catalan

Proper noun

Palma f

1. Palma

Faroese

Proper noun

Palma f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Palma: Palmuson
• daughter of Palma: Palmudóttir

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From palma.

Proper noun

Palma f ‎(genitive Palmae); first declension

1. Palma (city on Majorca, in the Balearic Islands)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Palma

1. Palma (municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Asturian

Noun

palma f ‎(plural palmes)

1. palm (inner, concave part of hand)
2. palm leaf

Czech

Noun

palma f

1. palm (tropical tree)

Declension

Derived terms

• palmový

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palma.

Noun

palma f ‎(plural palme)

1. palm tree, palm
2. palm (of the hand)
3. palm (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)

Related terms

• impalmare
• olio di palma
• palma da cocco
• palma da dattero / palma da datteri
• palma da olio
• palmare
• palmato
• palmeto

Anagrams

• lampa

Latin

Etymology 1

palma manūs (palm of the hand)

palma (palm tree)

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Cognates include Ancient Greek παλάμη ‎(palámē), Old Irish lám, and Old English folm.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.ma/

Noun

palma f ‎(genitive palmae); first declension

1. palm of the hand, hand
2. blade of an oar
3. palm tree, a date
4. symbol of victory
5. vocative singular of palma

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (palm of the hand): palmus

Derived terms

Related terms

• palmārium
• palmātus
• palmipedālis
• palmulāris

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.maː/

Noun

palmā

1. ablative singular of palma

Etymology 2

eques cum palmā (cavalryman with parma)

Collateral form of parma

Alternative forms

• parma

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.ma/

Noun

palma f ‎(genitive palmae); first declension

1. a parma; a small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry
2. (poetic) any shield
3. (poetic) a Threx
4. vocative singular of palma

Inflection

First declension.

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.maː/

Noun

palmā

1. ablative singular of palma

References

• palma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PALMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to award the prize to..: palmam deferre, dare alicui
    
  • to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
    
• palma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• palma in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

palma f (4th declension)

1. palm tree

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian palma, from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɐlmɐ/

Noun

palma f ‎(determinate plural: palmiet, collective plural: palm)

1. palm tree

Derived terms

• Ħadd il-Palm

Polish

palma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalma]

Noun

palma f

1. palm (tropical tree)

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awma

Noun

palma f (plural palmas)

1. palm (inner part of the hand)
2. clap (the act of striking the palms of the hands)
3. (in the plural) applause
4. palm tree (any tree of the family Arecaceae)

Synonyms

• (palm tree): palmeira

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpal.ma]

Noun

palma f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of palmă.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâːlma/
• Hyphenation: pal‧ma

Noun

pȃlma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling па̑лма)

1. palm-tree

Declension

Derived terms

• kȍkosova pȃlma
• pȃlmin

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpáːlma/
• Tonal orthography: pȃlma

Noun

pálma f ‎(genitive pálme, nominative plural pálme)

1. palm (tree)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin palma.

Noun

palma f ‎(plural palmas)

1. palm (hand).
2. palm (tree).

Synonyms

• palmera f (tree)

Related terms

• palma fúnebre
• palmar

Verb

palma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of palmar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of palmar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of palmar.