pome

English
A pyracantha bush bearing pomes

Etymology

From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), borrowed from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊm

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

  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.
    Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince
    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.

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

Noun

pome ?

  1. (Thirteen Communities) tree

References
  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Friulian

Etymology

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

Noun

pome f (plural pomis)

  1. fruit

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔːm(ə)/, /ˈpoːm(ə)/, /ˈpuːm(ə)/, /ˈpɔm(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -oːm(ə), -ɔːm(ə)

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

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

Descendants

References

Novial

Noun

pome c (plural pomes)

  1. apple

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. apple

Descendants
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