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pomp
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from ????? (pémp?, “I send”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?mp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)
- Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
- A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
Related terms
- pompous
- pomposity
- hypnopompic
Derived terms
- pomp and circumstance
Translations
Verb
pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)
- (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
- pomp'd for those hard trifles
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
Further reading
- pomp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pomp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pomp at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pomp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch pomp, from Middle Dutch pompe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?mp/
Noun
pomp (plural pompe, diminutive pompie)
- pump (device for moving liquid or gas)
Danish
Etymology
From German Pomp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?mp/, [p??m?b?]
Noun
pomp c (singular definite pompen, not used in plural form)
- pomp (show of magnificence)
Synonyms
- pragt
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pompe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?mp/
- Hyphenation: pomp
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
pomp f (plural pompen, diminutive pompje n)
- pump (device for moving liquid or gas)
Derived terms
- benzinepomp
- bierpomp
- fietspomp
- maagpomp
- pompen
- scheepspomp
- stadspomp
- voetpomp
- waterpomp
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pomp
- ? Indonesian: pompa
- ? Japanese: ???
- ? Sranan Tongo: pompu
- ? Aukan: pompu
Icelandic
Etymology
Probably a loan word from the Danish pomp, from the French pompe, from the Latin pompa (“display, parade, procession”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??m?p/
- Rhymes: -?m?p
Noun
pomp n (genitive singular pomps)
- ceremony, pomp
Declension
Synonyms
- (ceremony, pomp): viðhöfn, skraut
Derived terms
- pomp og prakt
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spectacle
English
Etymology
From Middle English spectacle, from French spectacle, from Latin spect?culum (“a show, spectacle”), from spect? (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speci? (“to see”). See species.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kt?kl?/
- Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle
Noun
spectacle (plural spectacles)
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light.
- (figuratively) Something that helps understanding.
- Povert' a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friendes see.
- (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
- The brille of a snake.
- (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
Synonyms
- (exciting event): show; pageant
- (optical instrument): glasses, eyeglasses, specs
Derived terms
- bespectacled
- counterspectacle
- make a public spectacle of oneself
- make a spectacle of oneself
- spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
- superspectacle
Related terms
- species
- spectacular
- speculate
Translations
Further reading
- spectacle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Railway semaphore signal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?k.takl/
- Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle
Noun
spectacle m (plural spectacles)
- a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert
- a sight, a showing, a display
Derived terms
- se donner en spectacle
Descendants
- ? Czech: spektákl
- ? Polish: spektakl
Further reading
- “spectacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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