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English
Etymology
From French pommade, from Italian pomata (“ointment, pomade”), from pomo (“apple”) + -ata (“-ade, -ate: forming nouns”), from Latin pomum (“fruit, apple”) and -atum. Doublet of pomatum, pomate, and pomace. Early pomades tended to be various kinds of fat mixed with apples for a more pleasing scent.
Pronunciation
Noun
pomade (countable and uncountable, plural pomades)
- A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 44:So saying, Lady Mandeville turned to the toilette, and mercilessly tied up in her handkerchief the various brushes, combs, oils, pomade, and rouge, with which the table was profusely covered.
2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 94:The rain beat my hair, run down my face and into my mouth so that I can taste the coconut oil pomade from my hair.
- (obsolete or historical) Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. , Of Medicines and other Remedies which are appropriated to the Skin, Hair, and Teeth, page 9:With this excellent Pomade you may Anoint your Face at night, and waſh it off the next day in the morning with Rain-water.
- (obsolete) Synonym of cider, a soft or hard drink made from apples.
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Translations
thick waxy substance used to style hair
- Arabic: مَرْهَم m (marham), بُومَادَة f (būmāda)
- Azerbaijani: məlhəm, pomada
- Bengali: মলম (bn) (molom)
- Bulgarian: брилянтин (bg) m (briljantin)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 髮蠟/发蜡 (zh) (fàlà)
- Czech: pomáda (cs) f
- Dutch: pommade (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: pomado
- Finnish: hiusrasva (fi), pomada (fi)
- French: pommade (fr) f
- German: Pomade (de) f
- Hindi: मरहम (hi) m (marham)
- Hungarian: pomádé (hu)
- Italian: pomata (it) f, brillantina (it) f, gel (it) m
- Japanese: ポマード (pomādo)
- Korean: 포마드 (pomadeu)
- Persian: مرهم (fa) (marham), پماد (fa) (pomâd)
- Polish: pomada (pl) f, brylantyna (pl) f, fiksatuar m
- Portuguese: brilhantina (pt) f
- Romanian: pomadă (ro) f
- Russian: пома́да (ru) f (pomáda)
- Spanish: brillantilla f, pomada de pelo f
- Tagalog: pomada
- Tajik: марҳам (marham)
- Turkish: pomat (tr), merhem (tr)
- Turkmen: melhem
- Urdu: مرہم m (marham)
- Volapük: hereminugvet
- Welsh: pomâd m
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Verb
pomade (third-person singular simple present pomades, present participle pomading, simple past and past participle pomaded)
- (transitive) To apply pomade to style hair.
He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.
- (transitive, obsolete or historical) Synonym of anoint, to apply ointment.
Synonyms
References
- “† pomade, n.¹.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
- “pomade, n.².”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- “pomade, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- “pomaded, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
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Pronunciation
Noun
pomade
- pomade