almosne

== Old French == === Alternative forms === almone, aumone, aumosne === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”). === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /alˈmɔsnə/ (classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈmoːnə/ === Noun === almosne oblique singular, f (oblique plural almosnes, nominative singular almosne, nominative plural almosnes) alms (charitable donations given to the poor) ==== Related terms ==== aumosner aumosnier ==== Descendants ==== French: aumône === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “almosne”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. aumone on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub