pompe
See also: pompé
Afrikaans
Noun
pompe
- plural of pomp
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ̃p/
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Etymology 1
From Middle French, from Middle Dutch pompe (“device for raising water, pump”). Related to Middle Low German pumpe (“a pump”). More at pump.
Noun
pompe f (plural pompes)
- pump
- (gymnastics) push-up
- (music) Style of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz
Derived terms
- à côté de ses pompes
- château la pompe
- coup de pompe
- feuille de pompe
- pompe à essence
- thermopompe
Descendants
- → Rade: pom
- → Vietnamese: bơm
Etymology 2
From Middle French, from Old French pompe (“extravagant ceremony, pomp”), from Latin pompa (“display, procession, parade”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “procession, send-off”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”).
Noun
pompe f (plural pompes)
- a solemn procession
- pomp, vainglory
- style, class
Derived terms
- en grande pompe
Etymology 3
From English pump (“a shoe", originally, "a low shoe without fasteners”), of uncertain origin.
Noun
pompe f (plural pompes)
- (France, slang) shoe
Synonyms
- soulier, chaussure, (informal) godasse, (informal) grole
Derived terms
- bien dans ses pompes
- cirer les pompes
Further reading
- “pompe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
pompe f
- plural of pompa
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French pompe.
Noun
pompe f (plural pompes)
- (cycling, etc.) pump
Old French
Noun
pompe f (oblique plural pompes, nominative singular pompe, nominative plural pompes)
- extravagant ceremony; pomp