different between cheerleading vs pompon

English

Etymology

From cheerlead +? -ing.

Noun

cheerleading (uncountable)

1. A physical activity in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.
2. (figuratively) Automatic or servile praise.

Related terms

• cheerleader

Translations

Verb

cheerleading

1. present participle of cheerlead

Further reading

• cheerleading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• pompom

Etymology

From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”)

Pronunciation

Noun

pompon (plural pompons)

1. 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.
2. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
3. Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

Translations

French

Etymology

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

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)

Further reading

• “pompon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

pompon m (invariable)

1. pompom, pompon

Middle French

Etymology 1

Variant of pepon, borrowed from Latin peponem, accusative singular of pep?.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. melon
2. cucumber

Descendants

• ? Dutch: pompoen
  • Afrikaans: pampoen
  • ? Sranan Tongo: pampun
  • ? West Frisian: pompoen
• ? English: pompion, pumpkin
  • ? Welsh: pwmpen

Etymology 2

pompe +? -on.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. decorative tassel

Romanian

Etymology

From French pompon.

Noun

pompon n (plural pompoane)

1. pompom

Declension