Feminine
pomp
- (feminine) pump (device for moving liquid or gas)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine, informal) clipping of pompstation (“petrol station, gas station”)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔmp/
Etymology
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”).
Related words
pracht en praal
pralerij
pompa
stacja benzynowa
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