plomme
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ploume, plum, plumbe, plumme, plowme
Etymology
From Old English plūme, plume (“plum”), from Proto-Germanic *prūmǭ. Doublet of prune.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpluːm(ə)/, /ˈplum(ə)/
Noun
plomme (plural plommes)
- plum
- plum tree
Descendants
- English: plum
- → Cornish: ploum
- → Manx: plumbis
- → Japanese: プラム (puramu)
- → Scottish Gaelic: plumas
- → Thai: พลัม (plam)
- 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)
- 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)
- a yolk (egg yolk)
Synonyms
- eggeplomme
See also
- hvite
References
- “plomme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²plumːə/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse plóma. Akin to English plum.
Noun
plomme f (definite singular plomma, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene)
- a plum (fruit, as above)
Derived terms
- kakiplomme
Etymology 2
From Danish blomme
Noun
plomme f (definite singular plomma, indefinite plural plommer, definite plural plommene)
- a yolk (egg yolk)
Synonyms
- eggeplomme
References
- “plomme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.