different between pomme vs domme

English

Alternative forms

• pomey

Etymology

Borrowed from French pomme, ultimately from Latin poma. Doublet of pome.

Noun

pomme (plural pomeis)

1. (heraldry) A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling an apple.

References

• Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, Frederick Warne and Co., p. 60.

Estonian

Noun

pomme

1. partitive plural of pomm

French

Etymology

From Old French pomme, pome, pume, from Latin p?ma, plural of p?mum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare English pome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?m/

Noun

pomme f (plural pommes)

1. apple (fruit)
2. Any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size.
3. The fruit part of several vegetables.
4. (colloquial) The head.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

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

Norman

Alternative forms

• paomme (Guernsey)
• poume (continental Norman)
• poumme (Jersey)
• pum (Sark)

Etymology

From Latin pomme, from Latin p?ma, plural of p?mum (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pomme f (plural pommes)

1. (Jersey) apple

Derived terms

Old French

Noun

pomme f (oblique plural pommes, nominative singular pomme, nominative plural pommes)

1. Alternative form of pome

English

Etymology

Perhaps dom with pseudo-French feminine inflection.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?m/

Noun

domme (plural dommes)

1. A dominatrix; a female dom, or the dominant person in a BDSM relationship.
   • 2005, "Midori", Wild Side Sex (page 53)

     No amount of fetish wear or powerful looking garments can make a domme out of a woman who hasn't worked on her power and grace within.

   • 2006, Emily Dubberley, Whip Your Life Into Shape! (page 94)

     Something dommes know is that fear can be controlled — and even used to your advantage.

Anagrams

• modem, ommed

Danish

Noun

domme c

1. indefinite plural of dom

Italian

Noun

domme f

1. plural of domma