pomme grenate

Old French

Alternative forms

• pume grenate
• grenate

Etymology

From dialectal Italian pom granat, from Latin pomum grānātum.

Noun

pomme grenate oblique singular, f (oblique plural pommes grenates, nominative singular pomme grenate, nominative plural pommes grenates)

1. 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.

Descendants

• English: pomegranate
• French: grenade, grenat