pompe

See also: pompé

Afrikaans

Noun

pompe

1. 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)

1. pump
2. (gymnastics) push-up
3. (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
• → Persian: پمپ (pomp)

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, “to send”).

Noun

pompe f (plural pompes)

1. a solemn procession
2. pomp, vainglory
3. 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)

1. (slang) shoe

   Synonyms: (informal) godasse, chaussure

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

1. plural of pompa

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompe.

Noun

pompe f (plural pompes)

1. (cycling, etc.) pump

Old French

Noun

pompe oblique singular, f (oblique plural pompes, nominative singular pompe, nominative plural pompes)

1. extravagant ceremony; pomp