pomme

== English == === Alternative forms === pomey === Etymology === Borrowed from French pomme (“apple”), ultimately from Latin poma. Doublet of pome. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɑm/, or like French, /pɔm/ === Noun === pomme (plural pommes or pommeis) (heraldry) A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes pommeis (and pomeis) are used as singulars rather than plurals; see those entries for examples. ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === References === Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, Frederick Warne and Co., p. 60. == Champenois == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French pome, from Latin pōma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /põm/ === Noun === pomme f (plural pommes) (Troyen) apple === References === Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes == Estonian == === Noun === pomme partitive plural of pomm == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔm/ === Noun === pomme f (plural pommes) apple (fruit) manger une pomme ― eat an apple une tarte aux pommes ― an apple pie une gosette aux pommes, un chausson aux pommes ― an apple turnover la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l’arbre ― the apple never falls far from the tree any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead Synonym: pommeau la pomme d’arrosoir ― the nozzle of a watering can (architecture) a decorative motif in the shape of an apple (botany) the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce pomme épineuse ― jimsonweed (colloquial) the head or face (colloquial) ninny, nitwit, idiot C’est la reine des pommes ! ― She's the queen of nutters! (by ellipsis) potato (from pomme de terre) (figuratively) crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris) Elle mérite la pomme. ― She's a real beauty. (Canada, derogatory, offensive) an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society === Verb === pomme first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer second-person singular present imperative of pommer third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “pomme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Alternative forms === paomme (Guernsey) poume (continental) poumme (Jersey) pum (Sark) === Etymology === From Old French pome, pume, from Latin pomme, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”), from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === pomme f (plural pommes) (Jersey) apple ==== Derived terms ==== == Old French == === Noun === pomme oblique singular, f (oblique plural pommes, nominative singular pomme, nominative plural pommes) alternative form of pome