pum

Borrowed from Piedmontese pom, from Latin pōmum.

pum ?

1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) apple

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ˈpum/, [ˈpum]
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification^(key): pum
• Hyphenation^(key): pum

pum

1. bang, bam

• paomme (Guernsey)
• pomme, poumme (Jersey)
• poume (continental)

Inherited from Old French pomme, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).

pum f (plural pums)

1. (Sark) apple

pum

1. copal

Onomatopoeic.

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: pum

pum!

1. bang, pop

pum m (plural puns)

1. (childish) fart (emission of digestive gases from the anus)

   Synonyms: pu, flato, peido, ventosidade

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ˈpum/ [ˈpũm]
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: pum

¡pum!

1. pow (the sound of a pistol-shot)
2. pow (the sound of a violent impact, such as a punch)
3. pow (the sound of an explosion)
4. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

• zas
• bum
• pop

• “pum”, 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

• pump
• pùm (archaic)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /pɨ̞m/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pɪm/

pum

1. (cardinal number) apocopic form of pump (“five”)

   pum llyfr ― five books

• pum is only used when followed by a singular noun.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pum”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies