pompon
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon (plural pompons)
- 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.
- A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
- Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]puff or ball as for decoration for cheerleading
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Esperanto
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon
- accusative of pompo
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1556. Possibly from a root *pomp-, used to express roundness, or related to pompe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon m (plural pompons)
- pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)
- (figurative) culmination; climax; a very good or bad exemplar or end result
- Synonyms: comble, bouquet
- c’est le pompon ! ― That takes the cake!
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pompon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon m (invariable)
Middle French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Variant of pepon, borrowed from Latin peponem, accusative singular of pepō.
Noun
[edit]pompon m (plural pompons)
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: pompoen, pampoen (obsolete, rare)
- → English: pumpion, pompion
- → Welsh: pwmpen
- ⇒ pumpkin (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon m (plural pompons)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon m inan (diminutive pomponik)
Declension
[edit]Declension of pompon
Further reading
[edit]- pompon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pompon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompon n (plural pompoane)
Declension
[edit]Declension of pompon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pompon | pomponul | (niște) pompoane | pompoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pompon | pomponului | (unor) pompoane | pompoanelor |
vocative | pomponule | pompoanelor |
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