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pomme

Définitions

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apple
1. n. Pomme.
2. n. Pommier.
anglais > anglais
apple
1. n. A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
2. n. Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple
3. n. The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
4. n. A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
5. n. The wood of the apple tree.
6. n. (in the Cockney rhyming slang) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.
7. n. (baseball, slang) The ball in baseball.
8. n. (informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
9. n. (pejorative, ethnic slur) A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
10. n. (ice hockey slang) An assist.
français > anglais
pomme
1. n-f. apple (fruit)
manger une pomme - eat an apple
la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l’arbre - the apple never falls far from the tree
2. n-f. any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size
3. n-f. the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead
la pomme d’arrosoir - the nozzle of a watering can
4. n-f. (architecture) a decorative motif in the shape of an apple
5. n-f. (botany) the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce
pomme épineuse - jimsonweed
6. n-f. (colloquial) the head or face
7. n-f. (colloquial) ninny, nitwit, idiot
C’est la reine des pommes ! - She's the queen of nutters!
8. n-f. (by ellipsis) potato (ng, from pomme de terre)
9. n-f. (figuratively) crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (ng, from the association with the Judgment of Paris)
Elle mérite la pomme. - She's a real beaut.
10. n-f. (Canada, pejorative, offensive) an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society