pommel

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• UK: /ˈpɒ.məl/
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• US: /ˈpɑ.məl/
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• rhymes with -ɒməl
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 M AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лък на седло (lǎk na sedlo) — upper front brow of a saddle
• Czech: hruška — upper front brow of a saddle
• Czech: přední rozsocha — upper front brow of a saddle
• Finnish: nuppi — upper front brow of a saddle
• Finnish: etukaari — upper front brow of a saddle
• French: pommeau — upper front brow of a saddle
• German: Vorderzwiesel — upper front brow of a saddle
• German: Sattelknauf — upper front brow of a saddle
• Kazakh: қас (qas) — upper front brow of a saddle
• Mongolian: бүүрэг (büüreg) — upper front brow of a saddle
• Polish: łęk przedni — upper front brow of a saddle
• Russian: пере́дняя лука́ (perédnjaja luká) — upper front brow of a saddle
• Spanish: borrén — upper front brow of a saddle
• Swedish: sadelknapp — upper front brow of a saddle
• Swedish: sadelknopp — upper front brow of a saddle
• Czech: hruška — round handle or knob
• Dutch: pommel — round handle or knob
• Finnish: nuppi — round handle or knob
• German: Knauf — round handle or knob
• Hungarian: gomb — round handle or knob
• Macedonian: јаболчица (jabolčica) — round handle or knob
• Portuguese: castão — round handle or knob
• Spanish: pomo — round handle or knob
• Swedish: greppknopp — round handle or knob
• Finnish: kahva — rounded handle on a pommel horse
• Czech: hruška — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Danish: sværdknap — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Danish: knap — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Finnish: ponsi — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• French: pommeau — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• German: Knauf — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Greek: σφαίρωμα (sfaíroma) — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Italian: pomo — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Macedonian: пета (peta) — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Macedonian: јаболчица (jabolčica) — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Russian: навершие (naveršije) — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Swedish: svärdsknapp — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Swedish: knapp — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Swedish: eftre hjalt — knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword
• Bulgarian: чукам (čukam) — to pound or beat
• Bulgarian: разчуквам (razčukvam) — to pound or beat
• Dutch: aframmelen — to pound or beat
• Dutch: aftuigen — to pound or beat
• German: verprügeln — to pound or beat
• Irish: gread — to pound or beat