pompoen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔmˈpun/ Hyphenation: pom‧poen Rhymes: -un === Etymology 1 === Early modern borrowing from Middle French pompon. ==== Noun ==== pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n) pumpkin (plant of genus Cucurbita, or its edible fruit) ===== Alternative forms ===== pampoen (obsolete, rare) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: pampoen Berbice Creole Dutch: pampuna Negerhollands: pampuen, pampon → Virgin Islands Creole: pum pum (dated) Skepi Creole Dutch: pampun → Papiamentu: pampuna, pampoena → Sranan Tongo: pampun → Saramaccan: pampú → West Frisian: pompoen === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n) alternative form of pompon