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pomp

Pronunciation: /pɔmp/

“pomp” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pompe, probably of imitative origin, similar to Middle Low German pumpen (“to stir water with a stick”). There may have been influence from Spanish bomba (“water pump”), itself ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare bom (“bomb”).

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