plomme

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ploume, plum, plumbe, plumme, plowme, ploumme, plome === Etymology === From Old English plūme, plume (“plum”), from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), προῦμνον (proûmnon). For the phonological development, compare thoumbe. Doublet of prune. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpluːm(ə)/, /ˈplum(ə)/ === Noun === plomme (plural plommes) plum plum tree ==== Related terms ==== plumtre ==== Descendants ==== English: plum (see there for further descendants) Scots: ploom, ploum ==== References ==== “plǒume, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse plóma. ==== Noun ==== plomme f or m (definite singular plomma or plommen, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene) a plum (fruit from the plum tree) ===== Derived terms ===== kakiplomme === Etymology 2 === From Danish blomme. ==== Noun ==== plomme f or m (definite singular plomma or plommen, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene) a yolk (egg yolk) ===== Synonyms ===== eggeplomme ==== See also ==== hvite === References === “plomme” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²plumːə/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse plóma, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā. Akin to English plum. ==== Noun ==== plomme f (definite singular plomma, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene) a plum (fruit, as above) ===== Derived terms ===== kakiplomme === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Danish blomme. ==== Noun ==== plomme f (definite singular plomma, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene) a yolk (egg yolk) ===== Synonyms ===== eggeplomme === References === “plomme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.