plomme

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ploume, plum, plumbe, plumme, plowme, ploumme, plome

Etymology

From Old English plūme, plume (“plum”), from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), προῦμνον (proûmnon). Doublet of prune.

For the phonological development, compare thoumbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluːm(ə)/, /ˈplum(ə)/

Noun

plomme (plural plommes)

1. plum
2. plum tree

Related terms

• plumtre

Descendants

• English: plum (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: ploom, ploum

References

• “plǒume, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse plóma.

Noun

plomme f or m (definite singular plomma or plommen, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene)

1. a plum (fruit from the plum tree)

Derived terms

• kakiplomme

Etymology 2

From Danish blomme.

Noun

plomme f or m (definite singular plomma or plommen, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene)

1. a yolk (egg yolk)

Synonyms

• eggeplomme

See also

• hvite

References

• “plomme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²plumːə/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse plóma, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā. Akin to English plum.

Noun

plomme f (definite singular plomma, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene)

1. a plum (fruit, as above)

Derived terms

• kakiplomme

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish blomme.

Noun

plomme f (definite singular plomma, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene)

1. a yolk (egg yolk)

Synonyms

• eggeplomme

References

• “plomme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.