gamme
English
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of gave me.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪmiː/
Phrase
gamme
- (colloquial) Gave me.
- It gamme something to think about.
- 2021, Gladwin Ngobeni, Nhlayiseko Makaringe, Ntsako Nukeri, “Muchacha”, in How It Started, performed by Sadistic Zombie feat. Slay & Clesh:
- Told you she my bella chicca, and she gamme her heart [...] I don't cheat, she's so cakey, and she gamme a slice
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡam/
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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
Descendants
- → Persian: گام (gâm)
Further reading
- “gamme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
gamme f pl
- plural of gamma (“range, gamut; gamma”)
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
gamme
- alternative form of game
Etymology 2
Verb
gamme
- alternative form of gamen
Norman
Etymology 1
Noun
gamme f (plural gammes)
Derived terms
- gamme dé cartes (“card game”)
- gamme dé compiuteu (“computer game”)
- Les Gammes du Commonwealth (“Commonwealth Games”)
- Les Gammes Olympiques (“Olympic Games”)
Etymology 2
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Adjective
gamme m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- gamme f (dialectal)
Noun
gamme m (definite singular gammen, indefinite plural gammar, definite plural gammane)
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
- IPA(key): /²ɡamɛ/
Noun
gamme c
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | gamme | gammes |
definite | gammen | gammens | |
plural | indefinite | gammer | gammers |
definite | gammerna | gammernas |