different between pomme vs pome

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

From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin p?mum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

1. (botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

   Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince

2. (Roman Catholicism) A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Derived terms

• pomaceous
• pomiferous

Related terms

• pomegranate

Translations

Verb

pome (third-person singular simple present pomes, present participle poming, simple past and past participle pomed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Further reading

• pome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mope, poem, poëm

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French pome, from Latin poma, plural of pomum.

Noun

pome f (plural pomes)

1. apple

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• puam, póom

Etymology

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (“tree”). Cognate with German Baum, English beam.

Noun

pome m

1. (Tredici Comuni) tree

References

• “pome” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Creek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?m?/

Pronoun

pome

1. we, us, ourselves (plural, male, female)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin p?ma, plural of p?mum, interpreted as a feminine singular.

Noun

pome f (plural pomis)

1. fruit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pomme, poume, pumpe, pompy

Etymology

From Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pomum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??m(?)/, /?po?m(?)/, /?pu?m(?)/, /?p?m(?)/
• Rhymes: -o?m(?), -??m(?)

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

1. fruit (especially an apple)
2. meatballs, patties (named due to their round shape)

Related terms

• pome garnate

Descendants

• English: pome

References

• “p??me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.

Old French

Alternative forms

• pomme, poume, pume

Etymology

From Latin p?ma, plural of p?mum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Noun

pome f (oblique plural pomes, nominative singular pome, nominative plural pomes)

1. apple

Descendants

• Bourguignon: pome
• French: pomme (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: paomme, pomme, poumme, poume, pum
• Picard: peimme
• Walloon: peme
• ? Middle English: pome, pomme, poume, pumpe, pompy
  • English: pome