"pome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊm/ Forms: pomes [plural], pomeis [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊm Etymology: From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁em-}}, {{inh|en|enm|pome||fruit, meatball}} Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), {{der|en|fro|pome||apple}} Old French pome (“apple”), {{der|en|la|pōmum}} Latin pōmum, {{cog|fr|pommer}} French pommer, {{doublet|en|pomme}} Doublet of pomme Head templates: {{en-noun|+|pomeis|pl2qual=heraldry}} pome (plural pomes or (heraldry) pomeis)
  1. (botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. Categories (topical): Botany Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince Translations (type of fruit): pomenn [feminine] (Breton), 梨果 (líguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), pitvrucht (Dutch), pomofrukto (Esperanto), piridion [masculine] (French), péridium [masculine] (French), péridion [masculine] (French), pomo [masculine] (Galician), Apfelfrucht [feminine] (German), Kernobst [neuter] (German), almatermés (Hungarian), 梨果 (rika) (alt: りか) (Japanese), owoc jabłkowy [masculine] (Polish), pomo [masculine] (Portuguese), pomo [masculine] (Spanish), takadtasbunga (Tagalog), afal [masculine] (Welsh), ffrwyth afaleuog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pome-en-noun-~EQdLyK3 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'type of fruit': 98 0 1
  2. (Roman Catholicism) 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. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism
    Sense id: en-pome-en-noun-edgr1UWM Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
  3. Alternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pomme (extra: green roundel in heraldry)
    Sense id: en-pome-en-noun-bUINzN8P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 27 36 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pomaceous, pome-citron, pomiferous Related terms: pomegranate

Verb

IPA: /ˈpəʊm/ Forms: pomes [present, singular, third-person], poming [participle, present], pomed [participle, past], pomed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊm Etymology: From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁em-}}, {{inh|en|enm|pome||fruit, meatball}} Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), {{der|en|fro|pome||apple}} Old French pome (“apple”), {{der|en|la|pōmum}} Latin pōmum, {{cog|fr|pommer}} French pommer, {{doublet|en|pomme}} Doublet of pomme Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-pome-en-verb-igSG45cH

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "líguǒ",
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      "word": "梨果"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "word": "pitvrucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "word": "pomofrukto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piridion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "péridium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "péridion"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Apfelfrucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kernobst"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "word": "almatermés"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rika",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "word": "梨果"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "owoc jabłkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "word": "takadtasbunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffrwyth afaleuog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pome"
}

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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "3": "pome",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fruit, meatball"
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      "expansion": "Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "apple"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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    {
      "form": "pomes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "pomed",
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        "past"
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        "To grow to a head, or form a head in growing."
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          "grow"
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          "head",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpəʊm/"
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      "rhymes": "-əʊm"
    },
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      "homophone": "poem (some pronunciations)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pome"
}

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