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Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French flame, from Latin flamma, from Proto-Italic *flagmā. Some forms influenced by Old French flambe, flamble, from Latin flammula.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflau̯m(ə)/, /ˈflam(ə)/, /ˈflaːm(ə)/
- (influenced by flambe) IPA(key): /ˈflau̯mb(ə)/, /ˈflamb(ə)/
Noun
flawme (plural flawmes)
- A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour forming part of a fire.
- Fire (in the abstract or an instantiation)
- Intensity of belief or passion; the magnitude of one's emotional output.
- (rare) A kind of flowering plant with fiery-coloured petals.
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Etymology 2
Verb
flawme
- Alternative form of flawmen