Kilo Lingo

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feminine

/pɔm/

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Translation

apple

Word origin

From Latin pomum ('fruit, apple'); in Vulgar Latin pomum came to mean 'apple' specifically. The English 'pomegranate' and 'pomade' share this root.

Origin
Latin
Root
pomum
English cognates
pomegranate, pomade

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralpommes

Examples

.

I eat a red apple every morning at breakfast.

.

These apples come from my parents' garden.

aux .

Mum is making an apple cake for tonight.

' bonne, .

This apple is not good, it is too green.

jus .

Children love nice cold apple juice.

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This word is part of lesson 32.