pommeau

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French pomel (“rounded knob”) (12th c.), diminutive of pom (“sword's hilt”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin pomellum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pomum (“apple”).

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Noun

pommeau m (plural pommeaux)

1. shower head
2. pommel (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “pommeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.