pompom

• pom pom, pom-pom, pompon
• pompoon (obsolete)

Alteration of pompon, from French pompon (“ornamental tuft”); of unknown origin, perhaps related to Old French pomp.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒmpɒm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑmpɑm/

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pompom (plural pompoms)

1. A ball made of pieces of soft fabric, tinsel, plastic, or paper streamers, tied together in the middle and left loose at the ends, used as decoration or as a showy prop for cheerleading.

• pompom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔm.pɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔmpɔm
• Syllabification: pom‧pom

pompom f

1. dative plural of pompa

From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”).

• Rhymes: -õ
• Hyphenation: pom‧pom

pompom m (plural pompons)

1. pompom

• pompa, pomposo

• “pompom”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pompom”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026