pome

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English

A pyracantha bush bearing pomes

Etymology

From Middle English pome (fruit, meatball), from Old French pome (apple), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.

Pronunciation

Noun

pome (plural pomes or (heraldry) pomeis)

  1. (botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
    Synonym: (obsolete) apple
    Hypernym: fruit
    Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince
    Coordinate terms: berry, drupe, hesperidium
    The best-known example of a pome is the apple.
  2. (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.
  3. Alternative form of pomme (green roundel in heraldry)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pome (third-person singular simple present pomes, present participle poming, simple past and past participle pomed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Further reading

Anagrams

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French pome, from Latin poma, plural of pomum.

Noun

pome f (plural pomes)

  1. apple

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

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.

Noun

pome m

  1. (Tredici Comuni) tree

References

Creek

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

pome

  1. we

References

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  • J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 142

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, interpreted as a feminine singular.

Noun

pome f (plural pomis)

  1. fruit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.me/
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Hyphenation: pó‧me

Noun

pome m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of pomeriggio.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French pome (apple), from Latin pomum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

  1. fruit (especially an apple)
  2. meatballs, patties (named due to their round shape)

Descendants

  • English: pome

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Noun

pome oblique singularf (oblique plural pomes, nominative singular pome, nominative plural pomes)

  1. apple

Descendants