pompon

See also: Pompon and pompón

English

Pompons of the sort used for cheerleading.

Alternative forms

• pompom

Etymology

From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

pompon (plural pompons)

1. A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
2. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
3. Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

Derived terms

• pompon flower

Translations

puff or ball as for decoration for cheerleading

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彩球 (cǎiqiú)

• French: pompon (fr) m
• Galician: pompón m
• German: Pompon (de) m
• Japanese: ポンポン (ja) (ponpon)
• Polish: pompon (pl) m
• Portuguese: pompom (pt) m
• Russian: помпо́н (ru) m (pompón)
• Spanish: pompón m
• Swedish: pompong (sv) c
• Ukrainian: помпо́н m (pompón), піпідастр m (pipidastr)
• Vietnamese: bông tua, bông cổ vũ, bông cổ động

Esperanto

Noun

pompon

1. accusative of pompo

French

Etymology

First attested in 1556. Possibly from a root *pomp-, used to express roundness, or related to pompe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.pɔ̃/

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Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)
2. (figurative) culmination; climax; a very good or bad exemplar or end result

   Synonyms: comble, bouquet

   c’est le pompon ! ― That takes the cake!

Derived terms

• avoir son pompon
• décrocher le pompon
• pomponner
• pomponnette
• se calmer le pompon

 

Further reading

• “pompon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

pompon m (invariable)

1. pompom, pompon

Middle French

Etymology 1

Variant of pepon, borrowed from Latin peponem, accusative singular of pepō.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. melon
2. cucumber

Descendants

• → Dutch: pompoen, pampoen (obsolete, rare)
  • Afrikaans: pampoen
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: pampuna
  • Negerhollands: pampuen, pampon
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: pum pum (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: pampun
  • → Papiamentu: pampuna, pampoena
  • → Sranan Tongo: pampun
    • → Saramaccan: pampú
  • → West Frisian: pompoen
• → English: pumpion, pompion
  • → Welsh: pwmpen
  • ⇒ pumpkin (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

pompe +‎ -on.

Noun

pompon m (plural pompons)

1. decorative tassel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔm.pɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔmpɔn
• Syllabification: pom‧pon

Noun

pompon m inan (diminutive pomponik)

1. pompon

Declension

Declension of pompon

	singular	plural
nominative	pompon	pompony
genitive	pompona/pomponu	pomponów
dative	pomponowi	pomponom
accusative	pompon	pompony
instrumental	pomponem	pomponami
locative	pomponie	pomponach
vocative	pomponie	pompony

Further reading

• pompon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pompon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompon.

Noun

pompon n (plural pompoane)

1. pompom

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pompon	pomponul		pompoane	pompoanele
genitive-dative	pompon	pomponului		pompoane	pompoanelor
vocative	pomponule			pompoanelor