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pompe

/pɔ̃p/

noun, feminine/pɔ̃p/plural: pompes

pump; push-up; Style of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz

From Middle French pompe, from Middle Dutch pompe (“device for raising water, pump”). Related to Middle Low German pumpe (“a pump”). More at pump.

noun, feminine/pɔ̃p/plural: pompes

a solemn procession; pomp, vainglory; style, class

From Middle French pompe, from Old French pompe (“extravagant ceremony, pomp”), from Latin pompa (“display, procession, parade”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “procession, send-off”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”).

noun, feminine/pɔ̃p/plural: pompes

shoe

Synonyms: godasse, chaussure

Related: bien dans ses pompes, cirer les pompes

From English pump (“a shoe", originally, "a low shoe without fasteners”), of uncertain origin.