flawme

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman flaumbe, flaume, and Old French flame, flambe, from Latin flamma, from Proto-Italic *flagmā. Some forms influenced by Old French flambe, flamble, from Latin flammula. ==== Alternative forms ==== flambe, flame, flamme, flaumbe, flaume, flaumme, flawmbe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈflau̯m(ə)/, /ˈflam(ə)/, /ˈflaːm(ə)/ (influenced by flambe) IPA(key): /ˈflau̯mb(ə)/, /ˈflamb(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== flawme (plural flawmes) A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour forming part of a fire. Fire (in the abstract or an instantiation) Intensity of belief or passion; the magnitude of one's emotional output. (rare) A kind of flowering plant with fiery-coloured petals. ===== Related terms ===== flawmen flawmy ===== Descendants ===== English: flame Scots: flam ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== flawme alternative form of flawmen