TALMA

  

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TALMA

Definitions: TALMA

TALMA

Noun

1. A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.

2. A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TALMA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)

Etymology: Talma \Tal"ma\, noun; plural Talmas. [Probably so called from Talma, French actor.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: TALMA

DomainDefinitions

Health

Tonic muscular spasm which has developed as a result of injury or secondarily to some other disease. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: TALMA

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clothing

Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: TALMA

English words defined with "TALMA": Talmas. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TALMA": Talma disease. (references)
Non-English Usage: "TALMA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (talma), Serbo-Croatian (talma).

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Modern Usage: TALMA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Talma (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TALMA

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fra Racine til Talma : trµk af instruktion og spillestil i parisisk teater gennem et par århundreder (reference)

  • Le singe patriote : Talma, un portrait imaginaire : roman (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: TALMA

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The critics in authority preferred Lafon to Talma.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: TALMA

Expression using "TALMA": Talma disease. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TALMA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

monica talma

3

talma

3
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Modern Translations: TALMA

Language Translations for "TALMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

talmë. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

талма. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Talma's syndrom (Talma disease). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ziekte van Talma (Talma disease), myotonia acquisita (Talma disease). (various references)

   

French

  

myotonie acquise (Talma disease). (various references)

   

German

  

Talma-Syndrom (Talma disease). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

köpeny (cape, case, casing, cloak, dressing gown, jacket, mantle, overcoat, robe, sheath, shell, smock-frock). (various references)

   

Italian

  

miotonia acquisita (Talma disease), malattia di Talma (Talma disease). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

almatay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

talma. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тальма. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

talma. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: TALMA

Derivations

Words containing "TALMA": metalmark, metalmarks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "TALMA"

Words rhyming with "TALMA" (pronounced 'Tal"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Diastema, Diatryma, Digamma, Dilemma, Diorama, Diploma, Dogma, Drachma, Drama, Ecphonema, Ecthyma, Edriophthalma, Emphysema, Empyema, Empyreuma, Encauma, Enchondroma, Enchylemma, Endophragma, Endoplasma, Enigma, Epiblema, Epichirema, Epiphonema, Epithelioma, Epithema, Erythema, Exanthema, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, Gorma, gumma, Gyroma, Haematotherma, Helicotrema, hematoma, Hematotherma, Hyalonema, Hypermyriorama, Hypoderma, Idioplasma, Kaama, karma, Karyoplasma, Kokama, Kytoplasma, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma, Lucuma, lymphoma, magma, mahatma, Marinorama, melanoma, melasma, Melisma, miasma, mycoderma, Myocomma, Myolemma, Myoma, Myriorama, Myxoedema, Myxoma, Neorama, Neurilemma, Neuroma, NORMA, Nototrema, Nucleoidioplasma, OEdema, -oma, Oreosoma, Osteocomma, Osteoma, Osteosarcoma, Ovoplasma, Paguma, Panorama, Panstereorama, Papilloma, Paraphagma, Pelioma, Pelma, Perisoma, Phantasma, Phyma, PLASMA, Pleurosigma, Pluma, Polyorama, Programma, Prophragma, Prosoma, Protonema, Pterostigma, Pyjama, Regma, Rhinoscleroma, Rhizoma, Rhusma, rima, Rusma, sarcolemma, sarcoma, schema, Schisma, Sclerema, scleroderma, Scleroma, Scotoma, seriema, Shama, SIGMA, sima, smegma, soma, Soorma, Sorema, Spermatogemma, Spermoplasma, squama, Staphyloma, Steatoma, Stemma, stigma, stoma, stroma, struma, Syrma, teratoma, Terma, Theobroma, Tirma, trachoma, Trama, Trilemma, Tucuma, Xanthoma, Xeroderma, Yama, Yamma, Zeugma, Zygoma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: TALMA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tamal.

Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-t"

-1 letter: alma, atma, lama, malt, tala.

-2 letters: aal, ala, alt, ama, lam, lat, mat, tam.

-3 letters: aa, al, am, at, la, ma, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-t"
 

+1 letter: amatol, lactam, malate, maltha, meatal, tamale, tamals.

 

+2 letters: amatols, clamant, hematal, lactams, lambast, lemmata, malates, maleate, maltase, malthas, marital, martial, matilda, matinal, oatmeal, palmate, tamable, tamales, tambala, tampala, thalami.

 

+3 letters: alarmist, almagest, ambulant, ambulate, antimale, atomical, autumnal, blastema, blastoma, calamint, calamite, calamity, celomata, claimant, climatal, comatula, dalmatic, fatalism, flatmate, gliomata, haematal, hamulate, lambaste, lambasts, laminate, lipomata, maculate, malamute, malapert, maleates, maltases, maltreat, mantilla, material, maternal, matildas, matronal, meatball, meatloaf, metazoal, oatmeals, palmated, playmate, primatal, staminal, stomatal, taillamp, talesman, talisman, tallyman, tambalas, tameable, tampalas, tantalum, thalamic, thalamus, tympanal, ultimata.

 

+4 letters: acclimate, adamantly, admiralty, alarmists, almagests, almandite, aluminate, amatively, ambulated, ambulates, amorality, animality, animately, asphaltum, atemporal, atonalism, autosomal, azimuthal, baptismal, blastemal, blastemas, blastomas, calamints, calamites, calmative, cataclysm, cataplasm, cattleman, claimants, clamantly, classmate, coelomata, comatulae, cyclamate, dalmatian, dalmatics, diametral, diplomata, fatalisms, flatmates, glutamate, impartial, lambasted, lambastes, lamellate, laminated, laminates, laminator, lanthanum, maculated, maculates, magistral, malachite, maladroit, malamutes, malaperts, malathion, malignant, maltreats, mantillas, maritally, martially, matambala, matchable, materials, matutinal, mayoralty, meatballs, melismata, metalmark, metalware, militaria, montadale, myelomata, nameplate, palmately, palmation, palmitate, patrolman, plantsman, plasmatic, playmates, primatals, primatial, rampantly, stableman, stalemate, tablemate, taillamps, talismans, tallaisim, tamarillo, tantalums, tularemia, untamable.

 

+5 letters: acclimated, acclimates, accumulate, acetabulum, acoelomate, alimentary, almandites, altazimuth, aluminates, amalgamate, ambivalent, ambulating, ambulation, ambulatory, ameliorate, ameloblast, amiability, amyloplast, analemmata, anatomical, animatedly, anticlimax, antifamily, antifemale, antimonial, asphaltums, assimilate, atomically, atonalisms, autumnally, blastemata, blastomata, calamities, calamitous, calmatives, calumniate, campestral, capitalism, catabolism, cataclysms, catamenial, cataplasms, chloasmata, classmates, colobomata, cyclamates, dalmatians, delaminate, dermatomal, dogmatical, emasculate, extramural, factualism, fathomable, flamboyant, fragmental, glutamates, hemiacetal, immaculate, immaterial, intramural, lacrimator, lambasting, lamentable, lamentably, laminating, lamination, laminators, lanthanums, laparotomy, laundromat, loadmaster, lymphomata, maculating, maculation, malachites, maladapted, malapertly, malathions, malefactor, malolactic, maltreated, maltreater, manipulate, marketable, martingale, materially, maternally, matricidal, maximalist, meatloaves, melanomata, metacarpal, metagalaxy, metalmarks, metalwares, metaplasia, metastable, metastably, metatarsal, militiaman, miscatalog, mistakable, montadales, mortadella, multiaxial, mutational, nameplates, naturalism, nonmarital, ommatidial, ophthalmia, ornamental, palmations, palmitates, parliament, phantasmal, platemaker, premarital, scleromata, semantical, spermatial, stablemate, stalagmite, stalemated, stalemates, stomodaeal, tablemates, talismanic, tamarillos, toxoplasma, trawlerman, tularemias, ultrahuman, ultramafic, ultrasmall, ultrasmart.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TALMA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 41 4C 4D 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000001 01001100 01001101 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#65 &#76 &#77 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 004C 004D 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5435464735

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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