somme

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See also: Somme and sommé

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔm/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French somme, sume, borrowed from Latin summa.

Noun

somme f (plural sommes)

  1. sum; total
    Il a reçu une somme de 300 euros. He received a sum of 300 euros.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

An alteration of Latin somnus, to assimilate with sommeil.

Noun

somme m (plural sommes)

  1. nap; doze; quick sleep
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old French some, from Late Latin sauma, alteration of Latin sagma (“packsaddle”), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare Occitan sauma, Italian soma and salma (“corpse”).

Noun

somme f (plural sommes)

  2. packsaddle
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Inflected forms.

Verb

somme

  1. inflection of sommer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

Adjective

somme f pl

  1. feminine plural of sommo

Noun

somme f

  1. plural of somma

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

somme

  1. some

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

somme

  1. some (plural of som)

Picard

Etymology

From Latin somnus.

Noun

somme m

  1. sleep
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