pomo

pomo

1. Abbreviation of postmodern.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pomo.

pomo (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of postmodernism.

• pomophobe

From French pomme.

pomo

1. (Sigave) apple

   Synonym: (Alo) apo

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

pomo

Borrowed from French pomme (“apple”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpomo]
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• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation: po‧mo

pomo (accusative singular pomon, plural pomoj, accusative plural pomojn)

1. apple

Borrowed from Russian помо́щник (pomóščnik) and shortened.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpomo/, [ˈpo̞mo̞]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification^(key): po‧mo

pomo (colloquial)

1. boss

• “pomo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• mopo

Borrowed from Esperanto pomo, French pomme, Italian pomo, from Latin pōmum (“fruit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.mɔ/, /ˈpo.mo/

pomo (plural pomi)

1. apple

pomo (plural pomos)

1. apple

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”), from pōmus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) + *h₁em- (“take”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.mo/
• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation: pó‧mo

pomo m (plural pomi, diminutive pomèllo or (less common) pométto)

1. knob, pommel
2. (rare) apple

   Synonym: mela

3. (by extension) pome, fruit

Ultimately from Russian помо́щник (pomóščnik), possibly shortened from pomoššikka or via Finnish pomo.

pomo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. boss

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “pomo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.moː/, [ˈpoːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.mo/, [ˈpɔːmo]

pōmō n

1. dative/ablative singular of pōmum

Ultimately from Russian помо́щник (pomóščnik), possibly shortened from pomoššiekku or via Finnish pomo.

pomo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. boss

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “pomo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”).

pomo m (plural pomos)

1. (botany) pome
2. (figuratively) bosom

Borrowed from Latin pōmum (“fruit”).[1] Cognate with English pome. Also compare English pommel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpomo/ [ˈpo.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: po‧mo

pomo m (plural pomos)

1. (Spain) knob, doorknob, pommel

   Synonyms: manecilla, perilla

2. flask (glass bottle)

   Synonym: matraz

3. fruit tree

• “pomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”).

pomo m (plural pomi)

1. apple