Palm

//pɑːm//

Synonyms for "palm" (200 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Strong matches (60)

Related words (100)

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Translations

230 translations across 149 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • pllâmë noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • pëllëmbë noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θέναρ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • παλάμη noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بَطْن إِيد noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • رَاحَة noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • كَفّ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • كَفّ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ափ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • palmã noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Assamese

3 entries
  • কৰতল noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • তলুৱা noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • হাতৰ তলুৱা noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Asturian

1 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Avar

1 entries
  • хъат noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • aya noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kəfə noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • ovuc noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Bangi

2 entries
  • likanza noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • likata noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ус noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • дало́нь noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Bengali

1 entries
  • করতল noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • हथेली noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • palad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Breton

1 entries
  • boz noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • длан noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဖဝါး noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • လက်ဝါး noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Buryat

1 entries
  • альган noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Catalan

1 entries
  • palmell noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • palad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • palad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • لەپ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • مِست noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • chikato noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 手板 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 手掌 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • длань noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • ⰴⰾⰰⱀⱐ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • mācpalli noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ϣⲟⲡ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • ϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Czech

1 entries
  • dlaň noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • puolma noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Danish

1 entries
  • håndflade noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Dutch

2 entries
  • handpalm noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • palm noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • O43-p:N11 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • manplato noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • polmo noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kämmal noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Evenki

1 entries
  • ханңга noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lógvi noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kämmen noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kämmen noun (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)
  • lapa noun (broad flattened part of an antler)
  • lapio noun (broad flattened part of an antler)

French

2 entries
  • empaumure noun (broad flattened part of an antler)
  • paume noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Friulian

1 entries
  • palme noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Galician

1 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხელისგული noun (inner, concave part of hand)

German

2 entries
  • Handfläche noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • Handteller noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Greek

1 entries
  • παλάμη noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • હથેલી noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • כַּף noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • כַּף noun (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)
  • כַּף יָד noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • פִּסַּת יָד noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • palad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Hindi

1 entries
  • हथेली noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • marok noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • tenyér noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • tenyerébe rejt verb (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lófi noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ido

1 entries
  • palmo noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • dakulap noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • telapak tangan noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kämmel noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kämmen noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Irish

2 entries
  • bos noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • dearna noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Italian

2 entries
  • guardapalma noun (metallic disc attached to a strap)
  • palmo noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 手のひら noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • 肉球 noun (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)
  • 手のひらで持つ verb (to hold something without bending the fingers)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • альхн noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Karakalpak

1 entries
  • alaqan noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • алақан noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Khakas

1 entries
  • айа noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • phōhmông noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Khmer

2 entries
  • បាតដៃ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • ប្រអប់ដៃ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Korean

1 entries
  • 손바닥 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • алакан noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຝ່າ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • plauksts noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Latin

4 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • palmus noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • palpus noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • vola noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Latvian

2 entries
  • delna noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • plauksta noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Lingala

2 entries
  • likanza noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • likata noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • delnas noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • dłoń noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Lower Tanana

1 entries
  • lok'a noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • дланка noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Malay

2 entries
  • tapak tangan noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • telapak tangan noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Marathi

1 entries
  • तळहात noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries
  • palmă noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • алга noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Nanai

1 entries
  • пайнга noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Navajo

1 entries
  • álátłʼááh noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Nepali

1 entries
  • हत्केला noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Nogai

1 entries
  • ая noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Norman

2 entries
  • paumet noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • paûmé noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kef noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kefa destî noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • handflate noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • håndflate noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • handflate noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Occitan

2 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • pauma noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Old English

1 entries
  • handbred noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • lófi noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • popytera class Ib noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • армытъӕпӕн noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • آوج noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • آیا noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • كف noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • كفنه noun (metallic disc attached to a strap)

Pashto

2 entries
  • خپړ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • کف noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Pawnee

2 entries
  • ikskakusiriʼ noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • ikskatahcuʼ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Persian

2 entries
  • هبک noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • کف noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Polish

1 entries
  • dłoń noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • palma da mão noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • empalmar verb (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand)
  • palmar verb (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand)

Quechua

1 entries
  • maki pampan noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Romanian

1 entries
  • palmă noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Russian

3 entries
  • длань noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • до́лонь noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • ладо́нь noun (inner, concave part of hand)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries
  • စုညါသး noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Saraiki

1 entries
  • تَلّی noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • parma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • prama noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • bas noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • cròg noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Sechelt

1 entries
  • péḵ-álh-úya noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • dlȁn noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • дла̏н noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၽႃႇ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Shor

1 entries
  • алаққан noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • pamma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • parma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • pàlma noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dlaň noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dlan noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • алакан noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Southern Kalinga

2 entries
  • agpar noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • parad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Spanish

2 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • palma de la mano noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Swahili

4 entries
  • kiganja noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kiganja noun (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)
  • kikofi noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kikofi noun (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • handflata noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • palad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Tajik

1 entries
  • каф noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Tamil

2 entries
  • உள்ளங்கை noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • தள்ளு verb (to move something with the palm of the hand)

Tatar

1 entries
  • уч noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Tausug

1 entries
  • pad noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అరచేయి noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ternate

1 entries
  • saha noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Thai

1 entries
  • ฝ่า noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ከብዲ ኢድ noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Tooro

1 entries
  • ekiganja class 7 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Turkish

4 entries
  • avuç içi noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • aya noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • kefne noun (metallic disc attached to a strap)
  • avuçlamak verb (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • aýa noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎋𐎔 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • доло́нь noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • доло́ня noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • dłóń noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ہتھیلی noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئالقان noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kaft noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Venetan

1 entries
  • palma noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • gan bàn tay noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • lòng bàn tay noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Volapük

1 entries
  • namakev noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cledr noun (inner, concave part of hand)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • bal (fan 'e hân) noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • hânpalm noun (inner, concave part of hand)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • xib teg noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Wolof

1 entries
  • ténq noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • intende noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Yakut

1 entries
  • ытыс noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דלאָניע noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • lep noun (inner, concave part of hand)
  • lep kerden verb (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukhweshe class 11/10 noun (inner, concave part of hand)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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That politician won't meet you unless you grease his palm.

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Unfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.

Source: tatoeba (245233)

I am interested in palm reading.

Source: tatoeba (266032)

Place a coin in the palm of his hand.

Source: tatoeba (286620)

Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.