pomme grenate
Old French
Alternative forms
- pume grenate
- grenate
Noun
pomme grenate f (oblique plural pommes grenates, nominative singular pomme grenate, nominative plural pommes grenates)
- pomegranate (fruit)
- ante 1300, Jofroi de Waterford, Segré de Segrez
- Les pommes grenates diversefient en savour, mais les aigres font plus a prisier
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 139 of this essay:
- et luy doit on laver la face de vin aigre blanc tiede et soit distillé aux yeuls vin de pomme grenate tiede.
- and you must wash his face with tepid white vinegar and distil[?] into his eyes tepid pomegranate wine.
- ante 1300, Jofroi de Waterford, Segré de Segrez
Descendants
- English: pomegranate
- French: grenade, grenat
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