pomme

Apple in Paris

Pomme is French for apple, appearing in English mainly in culinary contexts.

Pommes frites are French fries—fried potatoes.

Pomme purée is mashed potatoes.

The word appears on menus and in recipes to add French flair to potato dishes.

varieties

Macintosh

Apple's computer line

Pink Lady · Golden Delicious · Red Delicious · Empire · Ambrosia · Opal · Cortland · Cox

culinary

cider

Pressed apple beverage

  • pieCrust-enclosed baked dish
  • juiceExtracted fruit liquid
  • compoteFruit cooked in syrup

sauce · baked · crumble · strudel · fritter · butter · cinnamon · caramelized · cobbler · dumpling

fruit

core

Central essential portion

  • seedsPlant embryos in casings
  • peelOuter fruit layer
  • fleshSoft body matter

stem · skin · bruise · ripe · tart · sweet · crisp · crunchy · juicy · mealy

orchard

trees

Woody plants with trunks

pollination · picking · autumn · grove · grafting · rootstock · pruning · espalier · saplings · ladder

french

Paris

France's chief city

fromage · croissant · bistro · pâtisserie · terroir · compote · crêpe

Opposites
language origin

pommeapple

Crisp tree fruit

manzana · mela

fruit type contrast

pommeorange

Citrus with segments

ananas · citron · coconut · papaya · raisin

symbolic meaning

pommebread

Leavened flour product

milk · manna · lotus · honey

Phrases
Family

pomegranate, pomade, Pomona, pome, pommes frites

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G