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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French pomme , ultimately from Latin poma . Doublet of pome .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɑm/ , or like French, /pɔm/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Noun
pomme (plural pommes or pommeis )
( heraldry ) A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple.
Usage notes
Sometimes pommeis (and pomeis ) are used as singulars rather than plurals; see those entries for examples.
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See also
metals
main colours
less common colours
tincture
or
argent
gules
azure
sable
vert
purpure
tenné
orange
sanguine
depiction
roundel (in parentheses: semé ):
bezant (bezanty )
plate (platy )
torteau (tortelly )
hurt (hurty )
pellet (pellety ), ogress
pomme
golpe (golpy )
orange (semé of oranges)
guze (semé of guzes)
goutte ( noun ) / gutty ( adj ) thereof:
(goutte / gutty ) d'or (of gold )
d'eau (of water )
de sang (of blood )
de larmes (of tears )
de poix (of pitch )
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil )
special roundel
furs
additional, uncommon tinctures:
tincture
fountain , syke : barry wavy argent and azure
ermine
ermines , counter-ermine
erminois
pean
vair
counter-vair
potent
counter-potent
bleu celeste , brunâtre , carnation , cendrée (iron , steel , acier ), copper , murrey
depiction
References
Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry , Frederick Warne and Co., p. 60.
Estonian
Noun
pomme
partitive plural of pomm
French
une pomme
une pomme d'arrosoir
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pomme , from Old French pome , pume , from Latin pōma , plural of pōmum , reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare English pome .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɔm/
Noun
pomme f (plural pommes )
apple ( fruit )
manger une pomme ― eat an apple
une tarte aux pommes ― an apple pie
une gosette aux pommes , un chausson aux pommes ― an apple turnover
la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l’arbre ― the apple never falls far from the tree
any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size
the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead
Synonym: pommeau
la pomme d’ arrosoir ― the nozzle of a watering can
( architecture ) a decorative motif in the shape of an apple
( botany ) the fruit part of several vegetables , such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce
pomme épineuse ― jimsonweed
( colloquial ) the head or face
( colloquial ) ninny , nitwit , idiot
C’ est la reine des pommes ! ― She's the queen of nutters !
1972 , Hervé Bazin , Cri de la chouette , Grasset, page 222 :C’est le carreau-loupe qui vient de disparaître, hé, pomme ! It's the magnifying-glass that just disappeared, eh, idiot !
( by ellipsis ) potato (from pomme de terre )
( figuratively ) crown , prize , especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris )
Elle mérite la pomme . ― She's a real beaut .
( Canada , derogatory , offensive ) an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society
Verb
pomme
first-person singular present indicative / subjunctive of pommer
second-person singular present imperative of pommer
third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive of pommer
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Further reading
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin pomme , from Latin pōma , plural of pōmum ( “ fruit ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
pomme f (plural pommes )
( Jersey ) apple
Derived terms
Old French
Noun
pomme oblique singular , f (oblique plural pommes , nominative singular pomme , nominative plural pommes )
Alternative form of pome