Definition of palmette - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

ornementmotif décoratif en forme de palme utilisé en art

La palmette grecque orne le chapiteau de cette colonne antique.

jardinagearbre fruitier taillé avec des branches disposées symétriquement

Cette palmette de poirier produit des fruits le long du mur.

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motif décoratif en forme de palme utilisé en art

Origin of palmette

latin, palma (paume) + -ette (diminutif)

Examples of palmette in a sentence

Les artistes ont sculpté une palmette dans le bois.
La palmette est idéale pour les petits jardins urbains.
Ils ont planté une palmette de pommier contre la clôture.

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English:palmette, espalier, ...
German:Palmette, Spalierbaum, ...
Italian:palmetta, albero a forma di palmetta, ...
Spanish:palmeta, árbol en palmeta, ...
Portuguese:palmeta, ...
Chinese:棕榈叶饰, 整枝果树, ...
Japanese:パルメット, パルメット仕立て, ...
Arabic:زخرفة النخلة, شجرة مقلمة بشكل مروحي, ...
Hebrew:קִשּׁוּט דֶּקֶלִי, פַּלְמֶטָה, ...
Russian:пальметта, палметта, ...
Ukrainian:пальмета, дерево у формі пальмети, ...
Catalan:palmet, palmeta, ...
Danish:palmet, espaliertræ, ...
Dutch:palmette, pruimenboom, ...
Greek:φοίνικας, παλμέτα, ...
Hungarian:palmetta, legyező alakú gyümölcsfa, ...
Khmer:ប៉ាល់ម៉ែត, ដើមឈើផ្លែឈើកាត់តែងជាទម្រង់មែកស្មើគ្នា, ...
Korean:팔메트 무늬, 평면 수형, ...
Polish:palmetka, palmeta, ...
Portuguese (BR):palmette, palmeta, ...
Romanian:palmetă, copac tăiat în formă de palmetă, ...
Swedish:palmett, spaljéträd, ...
Thai:ลายใบปาล์ม, ต้นไม้ผลที่ตัดแต่งกิ่งแบบพาเมตต์, ...
Turkish:palmet, palmet ağaç, ...
Vietnamese:họa tiết lá cọ, cây ăn quả hình quạt, ...

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