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Definitions and meaning of pom

pom

Translingual

Symbol

pom

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southeastern Pomo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Southeastern Pomo terms

English

Alternative forms

• (Briton or Englishman): Pom

Etymology

A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
2. (cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

Usage notes

The term pom, pommy, etc. is sometimes considered an ethnic or racial slur within the Commonwealth, largely by British expatriates; however the advertising boards of both Australia and New Zealand reject this.

Synonyms

• (An Englishman or Briton): See Briton and Englishman

Derived terms

See also

• kiwi, pompom, Yank

See also

References

Anagrams

• MOP, MPO, OPM, PMO, mop

Akatek

Noun

pom

1. copal

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pomu

Etymology

From Latin pōmus. Compare Daco-Romanian pom.

Noun

pom m (plural ponj)

1. fruit tree
2. fruit

Related terms

See also

• arburi
• fructu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōmum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpom]

Noun

pom m (plural poms)

1. bunch, bouquet

   Synonym: ramell

2. pommel, knob, doorknob
3. a scent-bottle with a rounded shape
4. (botany) pome
5. (historical) orb (golden ball symbolising royal power)

   Synonyms: globus, món

Derived terms

• pom de dalt
• pomejat
• pomell

Related terms

• poma
• pòmul

Further reading

• “pom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Chuj

Noun

pom

1. copal

Galician

Verb

pom

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of pôr:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ladino

Etymology

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Noun

pom

1. apple

   Synonym: mansana

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French pomme, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, pume, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”).

Noun

pom

1. apple

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin pōmus. Compare Aromanian, Romanian pom.

Noun

pom m

1. fruit tree

See also

• arbur

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompe.

Verb

pom

1. to pump

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) + *h₁em- (“take”). See pōmum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pom m (plural pomi)

1. fruit tree

Declension

Related terms

See also

• arbore
• copac

Tzotzil

Noun

pom

1. copal

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bu̯ət (“to see”). Cognate with Iu Mien buatc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˩̰/

Verb

pom

1. to see
2. to tattle

References

• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)

Yucatec Maya

Noun

pom

1. copal

Source: wiktionary.org