pompoen

Dutch

Alternative forms

pampoen (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Early modern borrowing from Middle French pompon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔmˈpun/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: pom‧poen
Rhymes: -un

Noun

pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n)

pumpkin

Derived terms

flespompoen
pompoenlantaarn
pompoenpit
pompoenplant
pompoensoep
pompoentaart

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

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