aumône

See also: aumone and aumosne

French

Etymology

From Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.mon/
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Noun

aumône f (plural aumônes)

alms
(by extension) a small, insulting sum of money

Derived terms

aumônier

Further reading

“aumône” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

Nouméa

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