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/pɔm/
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
Examples
au .
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.
Cette ' , .
This apple is not good, it is too green.
.
Children love nice cold apple juice.
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