pomme d'amour
French edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “love apple”, referring for sense 2 to the supposed aphrodisiac qualities of tomato seeds. This origin is disputed, and it also suspected to be a corruption of Spanish poma de moros (literally “fruit of Moors”), which may also be the basis of the Italian pomo d'oro[1][2][3] and the Sicilian puma d'amuri.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pomme d’amour f (plural pommes d’amour)
- toffee apple, candy apple
- (obsolete) tomato
- Synonyms: tomate, (obsolete) pomme d’or, (obsolete) pomme dorée
Descendants edit
- → English: love apple (calque)
References edit
- “tomate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.