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pompe.

pump

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɔ̃p/

  1. pump

    feminine

  2. push-up

    feminine

  3. Style of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French pompe, from Middle Dutch pompe (“device for raising water, pump”). Related to Middle Low German pumpe (“a pump”). More at pump.

noun/pɔ̃p/

  1. a solemn procession

    feminine

  2. pomp, vainglory

    feminine

  3. style, class

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French pompe, 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/pɔ̃p/

  1. shoe

    feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

From English pump (“a shoe", originally, "a low shoe without fasteners”), of uncertain origin.

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