pom

See also: POM, Pom, pòm, ром, and Ром

English

Alternative forms

• (Briton or Englishman): Pom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒm/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

Etymology

A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
   • 1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27,

     I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.

   • 1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10,

     The prize for being Australia′s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.

   • 2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214,

     At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.

2. (cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

Usage notes

Whether pom, pommy, &c. constitute an ethnic or racial slur has been much debated within the Commonwealth; unquestionably, it is considered offensive to at least some Britons.

Synonyms

• (An Englishman or Briton): See Briton and Englishman

Derived terms

• pommy
• ten pound pom
• whinging pom

 

See also

• kiwi, pompom, Yank

Anagrams

• MOP, MPO, OPM, PMO, mop

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pomu

Etymology

From Latin pōmus. Compare Daco-Romanian pom.

Noun

pom m (plural ponj)

1. fruit tree
2. fruit

Related terms

• poamã
• pumet
• pumãrii

 

See also

• arburi
• fructu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pōmum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpom]

Noun

pom m (plural poms)

1. bunch, bouquet

   Synonym: ramell

2. pommel, knob, doorknob
3. A scent-bottle with a rounded shape.
4. (botany) pome
5. (historical) orb (golden ball symbolising royal power)

   Synonyms: globus, món

Derived terms

• pomejat
• pomell

Related terms

• poma
• pòmul

Further reading

• “pom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Ladino

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pom (Latin spelling)

1. apple

   Synonym: mansana

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Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin pōmus. Compare Aromanian, Romanian pom.

Noun

pom m

1. fruit tree

See also

• arbur

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French pomme.

Noun

pom

1. apple

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompe.

Verb

pom

1. to pump

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) + *h₁em- (“take”). See pōmum.

Noun

pom m (plural pomi)

1. fruit tree

Declension

Declension of pom

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pom	pomul	(niște) pomi	pomii
genitive/dative	(unui) pom	pomului	(unor) pomi	pomilor
vocative	pomule		pomilor

Related terms

• poamă
• pomar
• pomet

 

See also

• arbore
• copac

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bu̯ət (“to see”). Cognate with Iu Mien buatc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˩̰/

Verb

pom

1. to see
2. to tattle

References

• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)