palmette

English

Etymology

From French palmette.[1] By surface analysis, palm +‎ -ette.

Noun

palmette (plural palmettes)

  1. A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “palmette, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From palme +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

palmette f (plural palmettes)

  1. palmette

Descendants

  • → English: palmette

Further reading

Italian

Noun

palmette f

  1. plural of palmetta
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