pommade

pommade (countable and uncountable, plural pommades)

1. Obsolete form of pomade.

Borrowed from Italian pomata, from pomo (“apple”), as such ointments were originally made from apples, from Latin pōmum.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.mad/

pommade f (plural pommades)

1. ointment (a thick viscous preparation for application to the skin, often containing medication)
2. pomade (such a substance used for hair styling)

• “pommade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.