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pompe

French, noun

pompe is spelled P-O-M-P-E (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pompe is a French feminine noun meaning “pump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pompé is a different word: “pumped”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cortège solennel, déploiement de fastes, appareil magnifique, somptueux”.

What does pompe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepump

  2. 2

    femininepush-up

  3. 3

    feminineStyle of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz

noun

  1. 1

    femininea solemn procession

  2. 2

    femininepomp, vainglory

  3. 3

    femininestyle, class

noun

  1. 1

    feminineslangshoe

adjective

as pompé
  1. 1

    pumped

verb

as pompé
  1. 1

    past participle of pomper

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cortège solennel, déploiement de fastes, appareil magnifique, somptueux. 2. Vanités, plaisirs faux ou frivolités. 3. Noblesse ou solennité du style. 4. Poids coulissant dans un fuseau et permettant de régulier la tension du fil sur une machine à tresser.

noun: 1. Appareil hydraulique qui comprime un fluide, ou force sa circulation. 2. Appareil pour extraire l’eau d’un puits. 3. Robinet. 4. Appareil de distribution de carburant et d’une manière générale station-service.

noun: 1. Fusil à pompe. 2. Par antonomase, personne ou personnage utilisant un fusil à pompe.

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 pompe

  • pompes plural
  • pompée feminine
  • pompés masculine plural
  • pompées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to pompe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pompe in French?

pompe appears 12 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).

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