pome

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English

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A pyracantha bush bearing pomes

Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.
    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)

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Translations

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Verb

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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

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Anagrams

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pome f (plural pomes)

  1. apple

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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pome m

  1. (Tredici Comuni) tree

References

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Creek

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (Oklahoma) IPA(key): [póˑmɪ]
  • Hyphenation: po‧me

Pronoun

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pome

  1. we

References

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  • The template Template:R:mus:DCM does not use the parameter(s):
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    J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 99
  • J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 142

Friulian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pome f (plural pomis)

  1. fruit

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pome m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of pomeriggio.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pome (plural pomes)

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

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  • English: pome

References

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. apple

Descendants

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