Femminile

pomp

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (feminine) pump (device for moving liquid or gas)
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine, informal) clipping of pompstation (“petrol station, gas station”)

Concetti

stazione di servizio

distributore di carburante

pompa dell’acqua

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/pɔmp/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle Dutch pompe, probably of imitative origin, similar to Middle Low German pumpen (“to stir water with a stick”). There may have been influence from Spanish bomba (“water pump”), itself ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare bom (“bomb”).

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