pomegranate
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pomegranate
- /ˈpɒmɪ(ˌ)ɡɹænɪt/ UK
- /ˈpɑmɪˌɡɹænɪt/ US
- /ˈpɑməˌɡɹænət/ US
- /ˈpɑmˌɡɹænət/ US
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granat, pome-granate (“pomegranate fruit; pomegranate tree; pomegranate seeds (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pome gernate, pomme gernette, Middle French pomme granade, pomme granate, pomme grenade, and Old French pome grenade, pome grenate, pomme grenate [and other forms] (modern French grenade), probably from Italian pomogranato, pomo granato (though apparently first attested later), and then either:
* from Italian pomo (“fruit, pome; apple”) + Latin (mālum) grānātum, (mālo)grānātum (“pomegranate”); or
* directly from Medieval Latin pōmum garnātum, pōmum grānātum (“pomegranate”), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) + grānātum (“pomegranate”). Pōmum is possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”) (in the sense of being picked off a plant), from *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *h₁em- (“to distribute; to take”); while grānātum is derived from grānātus (“having many grains or seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed, small kernel”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to mature, grow old”) + *-nós (suffix forming verbal adjectives)) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the possession of a quality or thing from nouns).
Displaced earlier Old English æppelcyrnel (literally: apple + kernel), itself a calque of the Latin term. The adjective is derived from the noun.
noun pomegranates
- The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart. Here the blue fig with luſcious juice o'erflows, / With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, / The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, / And verdant olives flouriſh round the year.
- The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit. I finish'd this day with a walke in the greate garden of the Thuilleries, which is rarely contrived for privacy, shade, or company, by groves, plantations of tall trees, especialy that in yᵉ middle, being of elmes, another of mulberys. There is a labyrinth of cypresse, noble hedges of pomegranates,
- A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit. Sally at last appeared, all in a flutter of ribbons and scarfs, whose bright, high colors assorted well with the ultramarine blue of her dress, and the vivid pomegranate hue of her cheeks.
- A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy.
adjective more pomegranate · most pomegranate
- Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red. Many people would think Miss Wilcox, standing there in her blue merino dress and pomegranate ribbon, a very agreeable woman.
Translations
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noun Punica granatum shrub or small tree
| Español | granado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 석류나무 seongnyunamu |
| 日本語 | 石榴, 柘榴 zakuro |
| 中文 | 石榴樹 /石榴树 shíliúshù |
| हिन्दी | अनार anār, दाड़िम dāṛim, रक्तबीज raktabīj |
| Kiswahili | mkomamanga |
| Português | romãzeira, romeira |
| Français | grenadier |
| Deutsch | Granatapfel, Grenadine |
| Italiano | melagrano, melogranato, melograno |
| Ελληνικά | ροδιά rodiá |
| Română | rodier, rodiu |
| Русский | грана́т granát, грана́товое де́рево granátovoje dérevo |
| Tiếng Việt | lựu, thạch lựu |
| العربية | جُلَّنَار jullanār, رُمَّان rummān |
noun fruit of the Punica granatum
| Español | granada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 석류 seongnyu |
| 日本語 | 石榴, 柘榴 zakuro |
| 中文 | 榴 liú, 石榴 shíliú |
| हिन्दी | अनार anār, दाड़िम dāṛim, रक्तबीज raktabīj |
| Kiswahili | komamanga |
| Português | romã |
| Français | grenade |
| Deutsch | Granatapfel, Grenadine |
| Italiano | melagrana |
| Ελληνικά | ρόδι ródi |
| Română | rodie |
| Русский | грана́т granát |
| Tiếng Việt | lựu, thạch lựu |
| العربية | رُمَّان rummān |
| עברית | רִמּוֹן rimṓn |
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title = {pomegranate},
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