alm

alm

1. (metrology) Symbol for attolumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 10⁻¹⁸ lumens.

Back-formation from alms

• (England, Wales) IPA^(key): /ɑːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑm/, /ɑlm/, (obsolete) /ɔlm/, /æm/[1]
• (Ireland, Scotland) IPA^(key): /am/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːlm
• Homophone: arm (most non-rhotic accents)

alm (plural alms)

1. (nonstandard) Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms.
   • 1992, Orlando B. Cuartocruz, Zamboanga Chabacano Folk Literature, page 26:

     An alm to the poor is a work of charity. Una limosna a los pobres es obra de caridad.

   • 1992, Bobb Biehl, The Question Book, Thomas Nelson Publishers, →ISBN:

     If in doubt, you rarely go wrong giving an alm to the poor, and you might feel better about it.

   • 2015, Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 78:

     “An alm for the love of God,” cries the beggar. Don Juan stops, reaches in his pocket and holds out his last gold coin above the outstretched arms of the [beggar].

   • 2020, Melanie Dickerson, The Peasant's Dream, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 99:

     He wanted to offer it to you, as an alm for the Church, but I told him you would never agree to that. But if you wish to pay one guilder per month, I think he would accept that.

• AML, LAM, Lam, Lam., M.L.A., MLA, Mal, Mal., lam, mal, mal-

Borrowed from German Alm.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlm/
• Hyphenation: alm
• Rhymes: -ɑlm

alm f (plural almen)

1. alpine pasture [from mid 19th c.]
   • 1859, Heinrich Berghaus, Wat men van de aarde weet, en hoe men tot de kennis daarvan is gekomen, Vol. 3, tr. by P. van Os from German, Van Druten & Bleeker (publ.) page 229.

     Nu volgt weldra het drijven van het vee naar de alm.

     Now the driving of livestock to the alpine pasture soon follows.

   Synonym: alpenweide

• bergweide

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almer, definite plural almene)

1. an elm

• almetre

• “alm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse almr. Akin to English elm.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlm/

alm m (definite singular almen, indefinite plural almar, definite plural almane)

1. a wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
2. an elm, (a tree of the genus Ulmus)

• almetre

• “alm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse almr, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

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alm c

1. elm

• LMA, lam, mal

Borrowed from Spanish alma, from Latin anima.

alm

1. soul

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3