different between pomel vs pomey

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pomelle, pumelle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pomel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pum?l/, /pu?m?l/

Noun

pomel (plural pomels)

1. pommel

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Descendants

• English: pommel
• Yola: pomeale, pomell

References

• “p?mel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

pom +? -el.

Noun

pomel m (oblique plural pomeaus or pomeax or pomiaus or pomiax or pomels, nominative singular pomeaus or pomeax or pomiaus or pomiax or pomels, nominative plural pomel)

1. decorate sphere on the end of a sword, a staff, etc.

Descendants

• ? English: pommel
• French: pommeau

English

Etymology

From French pommé (“grown round, or like an apple”), past participle of pommer (“to pome”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?.mi/

Adjective

pomey (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Alternative form of pommee

Noun

pomey (plural pomeys)

1. (heraldry) A green roundel representing an apple.

Anagrams

• mopey, myope