pomme

Significat

Noun

1. apple (fruit)
2. any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size
3. the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead
4. a decorative motif in the shape of an apple
5. the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce
6. (colloquial) the head or face
7. (colloquial) ninny, nitwit, idiot
8. potato (from pomme de terre)
9. crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris)
10. an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society

Verb

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer
2. second-person singular present imperative of pommer
3. third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɔm/

Etimologia

Inherited from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, pume, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”). Compare English pome.