pompon

See also: Pompon

English

Pompons of the sort used for cheerleading.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

pompon (plural pompons)

  1. A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
  2. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
  3. Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

Translations

French

Etymology

Possibly from a root *pomp-, used to express roundness, or related to pompe.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

  1. pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)

Further reading

Italian

Noun

pompon m (invariable)

  1. pompom, pompon

Middle French

Etymology 1

Variant of pepon, borrowed from Latin peponem, accusative singular of pepō.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

  1. melon
  2. cucumber

Etymology 2

pompe +‎ -on.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

  1. decorative tassel
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