pum

See also: pûm

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from Piedmontese pom, from Latin pōmum.

Noun

pum ?

1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) apple

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpum/, [ˈpum]
• Rhymes: -um
• Hyphenation^(key): pum

Interjection

pum

1. bang, bam

Norman

Alternative forms

• paomme (Guernsey)
• pomme, poumme (Jersey)
• poume (continental Norman)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pomme, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).

Noun

pum f (plural pums)

1. (Sark) apple

Papantla Totonac

Noun

pum

1. copal

Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpũ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpũ/

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: pum

Interjection

pum!

1. bang, pop

Noun

pum m (plural puns)

1. (childish) fart (emission of digestive gases from the anus)

   Synonyms: pu, flato, peido, ventosidade

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpum/ [ˈpũm]
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: pum

Interjection

¡pum!

1. pow (the sound of a pistol-shot)
2. pow (the sound of a violent impact, such as a punch)
3. pow (the sound of an explosion)
4. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

Derived terms

• pim pam pum

 

See also

• zas
• bum
• pop

Further reading

• “pum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

	50[a], [b], [c]
[a], [b] ←  4	5	6  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: pump, (before nouns) pum     Ordinal: pumed     Ordinal abbreviation: 5ed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 5

Alternative forms

• pump
• pùm (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /pɨ̞m/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pɪm/

Numeral

pum

1. (cardinal number) Apocopic form of pump (“five”)

   pum llyfr ― five books

Usage notes

• pum is only used when followed by a singular noun.

Mutation

Mutated forms of pum

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pum	bum	mhum	phum

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pum”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies