"palmo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: palmos [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese palmo (“handspan”), from Latin palmus. Doublet of palm, palma, and pam. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{bor|en|pt|palmo||handspan}} Portuguese palmo (“handspan”), {{der|en|la|palmus}} Latin palmus, {{doublet|en|palm|palma|pam}} Doublet of palm, palma, and pam Head templates: {{en-noun}} palmo (plural palmos)
  1. (historical, measure) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Coordinate_terms (Spanish unit): dedo (1⁄12 palmo), pulgada (1⁄9 palmo), coto (1⁄2 palmo), sesma (2⁄3 palmo), pie (1+1⁄3 palmos), codo (2 palmos), vara (4 palmos)
    Sense id: en-palmo-en-noun-qaxS1IL9 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 2 18 8 1 0 1 0 7 1 1 1 4 1 15 7 4 5 15 Disambiguation of 'Spanish unit': 88 12
  2. (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually equivalent to about 22 cm. Tags: historical Categories (place): Brazil, Portugal, Spain Coordinate_terms (Portuguese unit): dedo (1⁄12 palmo), polegada (1⁄8 palmo), Portuguese foot (1+1⁄2 palmos), covado (3 palmos), vara (5 palmos), passo (7+1⁄2 palmos), toesa (9 palmos), braça (10 palmos)
    Sense id: en-palmo-en-noun-rwFALRDG Disambiguation of Brazil: 23 77 Disambiguation of Portugal: 7 93 Disambiguation of Spain: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'Portuguese unit': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Portuguese span, Spanish span, cuarta [Spanish], span, handspan, palm (english: in Spanish or Portuguese contexts), palma, pam

Inflected forms

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