alms

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Catalan almoina (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɑːmz/ (US) IPA(key): /ɑmz/, /ɑlmz/, (obsolete) /æmz/ Rhymes: -ɑːmz, -ɑːlmz Homophone: arms (most non-rhotic accents) === Noun === alms (plural alms) Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food. Hyponym: Maundy money c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== eleemosynary ==== Descendants ==== Gullah: aa'ms ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === AMLs, masl, salm, M.L.A.s, MSAL, Salm, SLAM, SAML, AMSL, MLAs, MASL, amsl, mals, lams, slam, LAMs, Lams == Swedish == === Noun === alms indefinite genitive singular of alm === Anagrams === mals, smal