larme

Verbal noun to larm (“noise”), a contraction of alarm, from French alarme (“alarm”).

• IPA^(key): /larmə/, ,

larme (imperative larm, infinitive at larme, present tense larmer, past tense larmede, perfect tense har larmet)

1. noise (make noise)

larme

1. tearily

• larma (“teary”)
• larmo (“tear”)

Inherited from Old French larme, lerme, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

• IPA^(key): /laʁm/

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• Homophone: larmes

larme f (plural larmes)

1. tear; teardrop
   • 2014, Fréro Delavega, Le chant des sirènes:

     Quand les souvenirs s’en mêlent, les larmes me viennent, et le chant des sirènes me replonge en hiver

     When memories come into it, tears come to my eyes, and the sirens' song plunges me back into winter

   • 1979, “Nicolas”, performed by Sylvie Vartan:

     Nicolas, Nicolas, ma première larme ne fût que pour toi.

     Nicolas, Nicolas, my first tear was for no one but you.

2. drop (small amount of a beverage)

   Synonym: goutte

• lacrymal

• “larme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• “larme” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

• Armel, lamer

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larme f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of larmă