pommade
French, noun
pommade is spelled P-O-M-M-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pommade is a French feminine noun meaning “ointment (a thick viscous preparation for application to the skin, often containing medication)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pommadé is a different word: “pomaded”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composition molle et onctueuse, faite avec des substances médicamenteuses ou des parfums mêlés à des corps…”.
What does pommade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineointment (a thick viscous preparation for application to the skin, often containing medication)
- 2
femininepomade (such a substance used for hair styling)
adjective
- 1
pomaded
verb
- 1
past participle of pommader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composition molle et onctueuse, faite avec des substances médicamenteuses ou des parfums mêlés à des corps gras. 2. Compliments, louanges
noun: 1. Tour de voltige exécuté en se soutenant d’une main sur le pommeau de la selle.
adjective: 1. Qui est couvert de pommade. Se dit surtout d'hommes âgés, exagérément maquillés, apprêtés. 2. Se dit d'un vin exagérément sucré, compoté, douciné. On le dit aussi parfois d'un cépage donnant un vin trop sucré. 3. Se dit d'un vin dont on à voulu masquer les défauts.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pommade
- pommades plural
- pommadée feminine
- pommadés masculine plural
- pommadées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pommade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pommade in French?
pommade appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).