pom

See also: POM, Pom, pòm, ром, and Ром

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/

  • Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
   • 1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27:

     I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.

   • 1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10:

     The prize for being Australia′s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.

   • 2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214:

     At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.

2. (cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

Usage notes

Whether 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

• pommy
• ten pound pom

 

See also

• kiwi, pompom, Yank

See also

• pompom
• pom-pom
• pom-pom-pull-away
• tiddly-om-pom-pom

 

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

• poamã
• pumet
• pumãrii

 

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

• pomejat
• pomell

Related terms

• poma
• pòmul

Further reading

• “pom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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 (Latin spelling)

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

• Audio:

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Noun

pom m (plural pomi)

1. fruit tree

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pom	pomul		pomi	pomii
genitive-dative	pom	pomului		pomi	pomilor
vocative	pomule			pomilor

Related terms

• poamă
• pomar
• pomet

 

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