different between pomme vs poeme

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

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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

Alternative forms

• poëme (obsolete)

Noun

poeme (plural poemes)

1. Obsolete spelling of poem

Friulian

Noun

poeme m (plural poemis)

1. poem

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