pomme
French, noun
pomme is spelled P-O-M-M-E (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pomme is a French feminine noun meaning “apple (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer. With an accent, pommé is a different word: “past participle of pommer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du pommier, de forme ronde, à la chair ferme et de saveur diverse”.
What does pomme mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapple (fruit)
manger une pomme
- 2
feminineany of several objects of approximately the same shape and size
- 3
femininethe faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead
la pomme d’arrosoir
- 4
femininea decorative motif in the shape of an apple
- 5
femininethe fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce
pomme épineuse
- 6
colloquialfemininethe head or face
- 7
colloquialfeminineninny, nitwit, idiot
C’est la reine des pommes !
- 8
femininepotato (from pomme de terre)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer
- 2
second-person singular present imperative of pommer
- 3
third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pommer
verb
- 1
past participle of pommer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du pommier, de forme ronde, à la chair ferme et de saveur diverse. 2. Tout objet en forme de pomme. 3. Partie d’un arrosoir, souvent amovible, par laquelle l’eau s’échappe en pluie. 4. Partie d’une douche, percée et arrondie, fixée au bout d’un flexible de douche, pour se laver.
adjective: 1. Qui manque de discernement ; stupide, sot.
adjective: 1. Qualifie un chou qui s'est pommé. 2. Qualifie une folie, une sottise achevée, complète. 3. Qualifie de même le fou ou le sot. 4. Relatif à un produit informatique de la marque Apple dont le logo est une pomme.
noun: 1. Cidre à base de pomme.
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 pomme
- pommes plural
- pommée feminine
- pommés masculine plural
- pommées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pomme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pomme in French?
pomme appears 17 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).