pompon
See also: Pompon
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pompon (“ornamental tuft”)
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
pompon (plural pompons)
- A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
- A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
- Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
Translations
puff or ball as for decoration for cheerleading
French
Etymology
Possibly from a root *pomp-, used to express roundness, or related to pompe.
Noun
pompon m (plural pompons)
- pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)
Further reading
- “pompon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
pompon m (uncountable)
Middle French
Etymology 1
Variant of pepon, borrowed from Latin peponem, accusative singular of pepō.
Noun
pompon m (plural pompons)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
pompon m (plural pompons)
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