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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.
Pronunciation
Noun
gamme f (plural gammes)
- (music) musical scale
- Synonym: échelle
- faire ses gammes ― to play one's scales, to do one's scales
En musique, une gamme est un ensemble de sons, appelés degrés, formant le cadre dans lequel se bâtit une œuvre musicale.- In music, a scale is a set of sounds, called degrees, forming the framework in which a musical work is constructed.
- range, gamut, series
- gamme de produits ― product base
- haut de gamme ― upscale, upmarket, high-end
- bas de gamme ― low-end
- entrée de gamme ― low-end
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Italian
Noun
gamme f pl
- plural of gamma (“range, gamut; gamma”)
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gamen.
Noun
gamme
- Alternative form of game
Etymology 2
From Old English gamenian.
Verb
gamme
- Alternative form of gamen
Norman
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English game.
Noun
gamme f (plural gammes)
- (Jersey) game
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Adjective
gamme m or f
- (Jersey) plucky
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gamme m (definite singular gammen, indefinite plural gammar, definite plural gammane)
- A kind of Sami hut
Poitevin-Saintongeais
Noun
gamme
- a loud anger
References
- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 201.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (“protruding part of a roof”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gamme c
- a small hut with walls out of turf or earth, formerly used by Sami nomads in northern Norway
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