somme

See also: Somme, and sommé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔm/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French somme, sume, borrowed from Latin summa.

Noun

somme f (plural sommes)

1. sum; total

   Il a reçu une somme de 300 euros. He received a sum of 300 euros.

Derived terms

• en somme
• jeu à somme nulle
• somme toute
• sommer

Etymology 2

An alteration of Latin somnus, to assimilate with sommeil.

Noun

somme m (plural sommes)

1. nap; doze; quick sleep

Derived terms

• piquer un somme

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old French some, from Late Latin sauma, alteration of Latin sagma (“packsaddle”), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare Occitan sauma, Italian soma and salma (“corpse”).

Noun

somme f (plural sommes)

2. packsaddle

Derived terms

• bête de somme

Etymology 4

Inflected forms.

Verb

somme

1. inflection of sommer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “somme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mômes

Italian

Adjective

somme f pl

1. feminine plural of sommo

Noun

somme f

1. plural of somma

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

somme

1. some

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

somme

1. some (plural of som)

Picard

Etymology

From Latin somnus.

Noun

somme m

1. sleep