pomponner
French, verb/pɔ̃.pɔ.ne/
pomponner is a French verb meaning “to primp, titivate, prettify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Orner de pompons”.
What does pomponner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to primp, titivate, prettify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Orner de pompons. 2. Parer une personne, mettre la dernière main à sa toilette. 3. Mettre de la recherche et des ornements affectés, en parlant du style du discours.
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 pomponner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- pomponnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- pomponné participle past
- pomponne first-person indicative present
- pomponnes indicative present second-person
- pomponnons first-person indicative plural
- pomponnez indicative plural present
- pomponnent indicative plural present
- pomponnais first-person imperfect indicative
- pomponnait imperfect indicative singular
- pomponnions first-person imperfect indicative
- pomponniez imperfect indicative plural
- pomponnaient imperfect indicative plural
- pomponnai first-person historic indicative
- pomponnas historic indicative past
- pomponna historic indicative past
- pomponnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pomponner?
- /pɔ̃.pɔ.ne/
- \pɔ̃.pɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pomponner in French?
pomponner appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).