different between pom vs palm

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Australian from 1912. Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, derogatory) An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent.
   • 1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27,

     I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.

   • 1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10,

     The prize for being Australia?s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.

   • 2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214,

     At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.

   Synonyms: Brit, limey

Usage notes

The use of this word to refer to a British person is a racial slur. There has been lots of debate on the subject, but it is taken as a term of offence by those at whom it is directed.

Derived terms

See also

• kiwi
• pompom
• Yank
• Wikipedia article on Alternative words for British

References

Etymology 2

Shortening of pomegranate.

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice.

Anagrams

• MOP, MPO, OPM, PMO, mop

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pomu

Etymology

From Latin p?mus. Compare Daco-Romanian pom.

Noun

pom m (plural ponj)

1. fruit tree
2. fruit

Related terms

See also

• arburi
• fructu

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin p?mum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pom/

Noun

pom m (plural poms)

1. bunch, bouquet

   Synonym: ramell

2. pommel, knob, doorknob
3. A scent-bottle with a rounded shape.
4. (botany) pome
5. (historical) orb (golden ball symbolising royal power)

   Synonyms: globus, món

Derived terms

• pomejat
• pomell

Related terms

• poma
• pòmul

Further reading

• “pom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ladino

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pom (Latin spelling)

1. apple

   Synonym: mansana

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French pomme

Noun

pom

1. apple

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompe.

Verb

pom

1. to pump

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin p?mus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?po-h?ém-os (“taken off”), from *h?epo (“off”) + *h?em- (“take”). See p?mum.

Noun

pom m (plural pomi)

1. fruit tree

Declension

Related terms

See also

• arbore
• copac

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bu??t (“to see”). Cognate with Iu Mien buatc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????/

Verb

pom

1. to see
2. to tattle

References

• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land ?ISBN, 2004)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: päm, IPA^(key): /p??m/
• (US) enPR: päm, pälm, IPA^(key): /p?m/, /p?lm/, /p?m/, /p?lm/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?pæm/
• Rhymes: -??m

Etymology 1

From Middle English palme, from Old English palm, palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch”), from Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?meh?, *pl?m- (“palm of the hand”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmur (“palm”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.

   Synonym: palm tree

2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Triumph; victory.
4. (Scouting) Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

Alternative forms

• (Scouting award): Palm

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *palam-, *pl?m- (“palm of the hand”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (palám?, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).

Noun

palm (plural palms)

1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm.

   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Further to Fly”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     The open palm of desire wants everything.

   Synonym: loof

   Antonym: hardel

2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
3. A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
   • 1931, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco

     He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five palms deep at a place of average depth

4. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
5. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
6. (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

palm (third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed)

1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.

3. To move something with the palm of the hand.

Derived terms

• palm off

Translations

References

• Palm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arecaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arecaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arecaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• hand on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Personal digital assistant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• LAMP, Lamp, MPLA, lamp

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?lm/
• Hyphenation: palm
• Rhymes: -?lm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old Dutch palma, from Latin palma.

Noun

palm m (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

1. Any palm, (tropical tree of the family Palmae).
2. An image of such plant

Derived terms

- various

- Species and genera of Palmae

External links

• WNT

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch palme, from Old French palme, from Latin palma.

Noun

palm f (plural palmen, diminutive palmpje n)

1. A palm, the flat (middle part of the hand)

   Synonym: handpalm

Derived terms

• handpalm
• palmslag
• palmspier
• palmwortel

Anagrams

• lamp

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palm/

Noun

palm f

1. genitive plural of palma

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish palmber, palma, from Old Norse palmi, from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

Noun

palm c

1. A palm, tropical tree.

Declension