French

Noun

pompe f ‎(plural pompes)

1. pump
2. push-up
3. (music) Style of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Rade: pom
• Vietnamese: bơm

Etymology 2

From Middle French, from Old French pompe ‎(“extravagant ceremony, pomp”), from Latin pompa ‎(“display, procession, parade”), from Ancient Greek πομπή ‎(pompḗ, “procession, send-off”), from πέμπω ‎(pémpō, “I send”).

Noun

pompe f ‎(plural pompes)

1. a solemn procession
2. pomp, vainglory
3. style, class

Etymology 3

From English pump ‎(“a shoe", originally, "a low shoe without fasteners”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

pompe f ‎(plural pompes)

1. (France, slang) shoe

Synonyms

• soulier, chaussure, (informal) godasse, (informal) grole

Italian

Noun

pompe f

1. plural of pompa

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French pompe.

Noun

pompe f ‎(plural pompes)

1. (cycling, etc.) pump

Old French

Noun

pompe f ‎(oblique plural pompes, nominative singular pompe, nominative plural pompes)

1. extravagant ceremony; pomp