pompom

See also: pom-pom and pom pom

English

An art installation made with pompoms

Cheerleader holding pompoms

Alternative forms

• pom pom, pom-pom, pompon
• pompoon (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of pompon, from French pompon (“ornamental tuft”); of unknown origin, perhaps related to Old French pomp.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒmpɒm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑmpɑm/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pompom (plural pompoms)

1. A ball made of pieces of soft fabric, tinsel, plastic, or paper streamers, tied together in the middle and left loose at the ends, used as decoration or as a showy prop for cheerleading.

Derived terms

• pompom girl
• pompommed

Translations

decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric

• Afrikaans: pompom
• Bulgarian: помпо́н (bg) m (pompón)
• Catalan: pompó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彩球 (cǎiqiú)

• Dutch: pompom (nl)
• Finnish: pom-pon
• French: pompon (fr) m
• Galician: pompón m
• German: Pompon (de) m
• Italian: pompon m
• Japanese: ポンポン (ja) (ponpon)
• Māori: poiwūru
• Polish: pompon (pl) m
• Portuguese: pompom (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: cof (sh) m, pompon (sh) m
• Spanish: pompón (es) m
• Swedish: pompong (sv) c
• Turkish: ponpon (tr)
• Ukrainian: помпон m (pompon)
• Vietnamese: bông tua, bông cổ vũ, bông cổ động

Further reading

• pompom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔm.pɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔmpɔm
• Syllabification: pom‧pom

Noun

pompom f

1. dative plural of pompa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompon (“ornamental tuft”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /põˈpõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /põˈpõ/

• Rhymes: -õ
• Hyphenation: pom‧pom

Noun

pompom m (plural pompons)

1. pompom

Related terms

• pompa, pomposo

Further reading

• “pompom”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pompom”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026