pompoen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔmˈpun/

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• Hyphenation: pom‧poen
• Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

Early modern borrowing from Middle French pompon.

Noun

pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n)

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

Alternative forms

• pampoen (obsolete, rare)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n)

1. alternative form of pompon