flamme
French
/flɑm/
noun
Definitions
- flame
- (figurative) talent, brilliance
- (nautical) streamer (long, narrow flag)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French flame inherited from Latin flamma (flame, fire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (shimmer, gleam, shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰlē-
Gloss
shimmer, gleam, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fleam English
- fleamy English
- llama English
- flamma Latin
- flammeus Latin
- flammiger Latin
- flammipes Latin
- flammula Latin
- flammulum, flammula Latin
- Flamme German
- Lama German
- antifiamma Italian
- coprifiamma Italian
- fiamma Italian
- fiammare Italian
- fiammata Italian
- fiammeggiare Italian
- fiammella Italian
- fiammifero Italian
- fiammista Italian
- parafiamma Italian
- tagliafiamma Italian
- lama Dutch, Flemish
- flamber French
- flammette French
- lama French
- ла́ма Russian
- лама Russian
- apagallamas Spanish, Castilian
- flama Spanish, Castilian
- flamear Spanish, Castilian
- flamengo Spanish, Castilian
- llama Spanish, Castilian
- llamear Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰlē- Proto-Indo-European
- flamme Norwegian Bokmål
- lama Norwegian Bokmål
- flama Portuguese
- flamma Swedish
- リャマ Japanese
- lama Polish
- flamme Norwegian Nynorsk
- lama Norwegian Nynorsk
- flambe Middle English
- flame Middle English
- flaumbe Middle English
- flaume Middle English
- flawme Middle English
- fleme Middle English
- flame Old French
- flamme Old French
- lamo Esperanto
- flama Catalan, Valencian
- flamă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- flamma Old High German
- lama Faroese
- פֿלאַם Yiddish
- chama Old Portuguese
- fleamã Aromanian
- lama Slovak
- *flagmā Proto-Italic
- lama Slovene
- flama Old Occitan
- flamenc Old Occitan
- ciamma Sicilian
- sciàmma Ligurian
- llama Quechua
- flanm Haitian, Haitian Creole
- flanm Antillean Creole