What does pommeau in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word pommeau in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pommeau in French.

The word pommeau in French means knob, head, shower head, pommel, Pommeau, rookie. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pommeau

knob

nom masculin (extrémité, poignée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il frappa la porte avec le pommeau de sa canne.
He rapped at the door with the pommel of his walking stick.

head, shower head

nom masculin (pomme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'eau sort du tuyau de douche par le pommeau.
Water comes out of the shower hose through the head (or: shower head).

pommel

nom masculin (poignée de selle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle tenait d'une main le pommeau de sa selle et les rênes de l'autre.
She held the pommel of her saddle with one hand and the reins with the other.

Pommeau

nom masculin (mistelle normande) (alcoholic drink)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le pommeau est un mélange de jus de pomme et de calvados. Le pommeau se boit souvent en apéritif.
Pommeau is a mixture of apple juice and calvados. // Pommeau is often drunk as an aperitif.

rookie

nom masculin (Suisse, familier (apprenti) (informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le pommeau ne viendra pas travailler aujourd'hui, il est malade.
The apprentice won't be coming in to work today; he's ill.

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