pome

Etymology

From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pomum. For the verb, compare French pommer.

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

1. A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
2. A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Verb

pome (third-person singular simple present pomes, present participle poming, simple past and past participle pomed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Anagrams

• mope, poem, poëm

Alternative forms

• puam (Luserna)
• póom (Sette Comuni)

Noun

pome ? (plural [please provide])

1. (Thirteen Communities) tree

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, interpreted as a feminine singular.

Noun

pome f (plural pomis)

1. fruit

Alternative forms

• pomme, poume, pumpe, pompy

Etymology

From Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pomum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːm(ə)/, /ˈpoːm(ə)/, /ˈpuːm(ə)/, /ˈpɔm(ə)/
• Rhymes: -oːm(ə), -ɔːm(ə)

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

1. fruit (especially an apple)
2. meatballs, patties (named due to their round shape)

Noun

pome c (plural pomes)

1. apple

Alternative forms

• pomme
• poume
• pume

Etymology

From Latin poma.

Noun

pome f (oblique plural pomes, nominative singular pome, nominative plural pomes)

1. apple