pompoen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Early modern borrowing from Middle French pompon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔmˈpun/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pom‧poen
  • Rhymes: -un

Noun

pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n)

  1. pumpkin (plant of genus Cucurbita, or its edible fruit)

Derived terms

  • flespompoen
  • pompoenlantaarn
  • pompoenpit
  • pompoenplant
  • pompoensoep
  • pompoentaart
  • waspompoen

Descendants

  • 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
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