pomegranate
/ˌpɒməɡˈɹænət/po-muh-GRA-nuht
/ˌpɑməɡˈɹænət/pah-muh-GRA-nuht
Meaninga seeded apple
Common meaning: a red fruit packed with seeds
- poma fruitLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1395 · scan
- egranategrained (Latin granatum)
Journey through time
- Latinpōmum, -ī‘a fruit’
- Frenchpome
- Middle Englishpomgarnetsource
- Englishpomegranate‘a red fruit packed with seeds’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pōmum ‘a fruit’.
Roots
- pōmum, -ī Latin “a fruit”
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