pome
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pome (plural pomes or (heraldry) pomeis)
- (botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
- (Roman Catholicism) A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.
- Alternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
|
Verb edit
pome (third-person singular simple present pomes, present participle poming, simple past and past participle pomed)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
From Old French pome, from Latin poma, plural of pomum.
Noun edit
pome f (plural pomes)
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (“tree”). Cognate with German Baum, English beam.
Noun edit
pome m
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Creek edit
Alternative forms edit
- pēme (Florida)
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
pome
References edit
- The template Template:R:mus:DCM does not use the parameter(s):
1=+
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 99 - J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 142
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, interpreted as a feminine singular.
Noun edit
pome f (plural pomis)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pome m (invariable)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pomum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pome (plural pomes)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: pome
References edit
- “pō̆me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
Noun edit
pome oblique singular, f (oblique plural pomes, nominative singular pome, nominative plural pomes)