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Meaning of Alms | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɑːmz

Definitions

  1. A surname from German.
  2. Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
  3. Initialism of American Le Mans Series, an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series.
  4. Initialism of Asian Le Mans Series, an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series.

Equivalents

Afrikaans aalmoes
Български милостиня
བོད་སྐད སྦྱིན་པ
Bosanski almoštvo almuštvo milostinja sadaka
Català almoina
Čeština almužna
Deutsch Almosen
Ελληνικά ελεημοσύνη
Esperanto almozo
Español limosna
Eesti almus
فارسی خیر صدقه
Suomi almu
Français aumône
Gaeilge almsa déirc
Galego esmola
ગુજરાતી ભીખ
עברית נדבה צדקה
Hrvatski almoštvo almuštvo milostinja sadaka
Magyar alamizsna
Հայերեն ողորմություն
Íslenska ölmusa
Italiano elemosina
日本語 施し 施し物
ქართული მოწყალება
Қазақша зекет садақа
ខ្មែរ ទាន
한국어 구호금 의연금
Kurdî zekat
ລາວ ທານ
Македонски милостина
Монгол өглөг
मराठी भीक
Bahasa Melayu sedekah
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဒါန
Nederlands aalmoes
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ بھکھ ਭਿੱਖ
Português esmola
Română milostenie pomană
Shqip lëmoshë
Српски almoštvo almuštvo milostinja sadaka
Svenska allmosa
Kiswahili sadaka
தமிழ் அளி
Türkmençe haýyr sadaka
Tagalog limos
Türkçe sadaka zekât
ئۇيغۇرچە سەدىقە
Українська милостиня
اردو بھیک صدقہ
Oʻzbekcha sadaqa xayr
Tiếng Việt chân

Examples

“She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.”
“Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.”
“c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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