pome

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English[edit]

A pyracantha bush bearing pomes

Etymology[edit]

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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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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Verb[edit]

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.

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Bourguignon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pome f (plural pomes)

  1. apple

Cimbrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

pome m

  1. (Tredici Comuni) tree

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Creek[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /poː.mi/, [poː.mɪ]

Pronoun[edit]

pome m pl or f pl

  1. we, us, ourselves

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pome f (plural pomis)

  1. fruit

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pome m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of pomeriggio.

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

pome (plural pomes)

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

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  • English: pome

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. apple

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