pompon

See also: Pompon and pompón

English

Alternative forms

• pompom

Etymology

From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

pompon (plural pompons)

1. Alternative form of pompom (“decorative ball”).
2. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
3. Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

Derived terms

• pomponed
• pompon flower

Translations

decorative ball — see pompom

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pompoen

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔmˈpɔn/

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• Hyphenation: pom‧pon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons or pomponnen, diminutive pomponnetje n)

1. pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball)

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pompon”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “pompon”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpompon/
• Rhymes: -ompon
• Syllabification: pom‧pon

Noun

pompon

1. accusative of pompo

French

Etymology

First attested in 1556. Possibly from a root *pomp-, used to express roundness, or related to pompe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.pɔ̃/

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Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)
2. (figurative) culmination; climax; a very good or bad exemplar or end result

   Synonyms: comble, bouquet

   c’est le pompon ! ― That takes the cake!

Derived terms

• avoir son pompon
• décrocher le pompon
• pomponner
• pomponnette
• se calmer le pompon

Descendants

• → Dutch: pompon

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

pompon m (invariable)

1. pompom, pompon

Middle French

Etymology 1

Variant of pepon, borrowed from Latin peponem, accusative singular of pepō.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. melon
2. cucumber

Descendants

• → Dutch: pompoen, pampoen (obsolete, rare)
  • Afrikaans: pampoen
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: pampuna
  • Negerhollands: pampuen, pampon
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: pum pum (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: pampun
  • → Papiamentu: pampuna, pampoena
  • → Sranan Tongo: pampun
    • → Saramaccan: pampú
  • → West Frisian: pompoen
• → English: pumpion, pompion
  • → Cornish: pompyon
  • → Welsh: pwmpen
  • ⇒ pumpkin (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

pompe +‎ -on.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. decorative tassel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔm.pɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmpɔn
• Syllabification: pom‧pon

Noun

pompon m inan (diminutive pomponik)

1. pompon

Declension

Declension of pompon

	singular	plural
nominative	pompon	pompony
genitive	pompona/pomponu	pomponów
dative	pomponowi	pomponom
accusative	pompon	pompony
instrumental	pomponem	pomponami
locative	pomponie	pomponach
vocative	pomponie	pompony

Further reading

• “pompon”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pompon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompon.

Noun

pompon n (plural pompoane)

1. pompom

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pompon	pomponul	pompoane	pompoanele
genitive-dative	pompon	pomponului	pompoane	pompoanelor
vocative	pomponule		pompoanelor