pómez
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pūmicem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHi-m- (“foam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpomeθ/ [ˈpo.meθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈpomes/ [ˈpo.mes] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -omeθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -omes (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pó‧mez
Noun
pómez f (plural pómez)
- (relational) pumice
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pómez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024