pome
English

A pyracantha bush bearing pomes
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpəʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm
- Homophone: poem (some pronunciations)
Noun
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
Related terms
Translations
type of fruit
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Bourguignon
Cimbrian
Etymology
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.
References
- 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
Friulian
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpo.me/
- Rhymes: -ome
- Hyphenation: pó‧me
Middle English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin pomum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔːm(ə)/, /ˈpoːm(ə)/, /ˈpuːm(ə)/, /ˈpɔm(ə)/
- Rhymes: -oːm(ə), -ɔːm(ə)
Noun
pome (plural pomes)
Related terms
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “pō̆me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
Old French
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- French: pomme (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: paomme, pomme, poumme; poume; pum, poume, paomme; pomme, poumme; pum, pum, paomme; pomme, poumme; poume
- Picard: peimme
- Walloon: peme
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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