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pompon

French, noun/pɔ̃.pɔ̃/

pompon is spelled P-O-M-P-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pompon is a French masculine noun meaning “pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ornement en forme de houppe, de boule et qui sert dans la toilette et dans l’ameublement”.

What does pompon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.)

  2. 2

    masculineculmination; climax; a very good or bad exemplar or end result

    c’est le pompon !

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ornement en forme de houppe, de boule et qui sert dans la toilette et dans l’ameublement. 2. Houppe de laine en forme de boule que les militaires portaient à leur képi de grande tenue et d’un ornement de même genre que les marins de l’État portent encore à leur béret. 3. Boule de laine en haut d’un bonnet, d’une tuque. 4. Activité, manière d'être ou de faire, comparée à un ornement agréable mais de peu de fonds.

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 pompon

  • pompons plural

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

How do you pronounce pompon?

  • /pɔ̃.pɔ̃/
  • \pɔ̃.pɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pompon

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

How common is pompon in French?

pompon 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).

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