aumône

See also: aumone and aumosne

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.mon/

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• Homophone: aumônes

Noun

aumône f (plural aumônes)

1. alms
2. (by extension) a small, insulting sum of money

Derived terms

• aumônier

Further reading

• “aumône”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Nouméa