polythéisme, n.m., polytheism.

polythéiste, n.m. and adj., polytheist; polytheistic, polytheistical.

polytric, n.m., (bot.) golden maiden-hair, hair-moss.

pomifère, adj., pomiferous.

pommade, n.f., pomatum (for the hair); lip-salve; (man.) vault, vaulting.

pommader, v.a., to pomade.

pomme, n.f., apple; ball, knob; head (of a cabbage, of a lettuce, of a walking-stick). — sauvage; crab, crab-apple. — d’Adam; Adam’s apple. — de discorde; apple of discord, bone of contention. — d’amour; tomato. — de terre; potato. — de chêne; oak-apple. — de coloquinte; bitter-apple. — de pin; pineapple; fir-apple. — de choux, de laitue; head of a cabbage, of a lettuce. — de canne; head or handle of a cane. — de lit; ball at the top of a bed-post. —s de pavillon; (nav.) trucks of the ensign-staff. —s de girouette; (nav.) acorns of the vanes.

pommé, n.m., cider.

pommé, -e, part., grown to a round head, cabbaged; (fig., fam.) complete, downright. Laitue —e; cabbage-lettuce. Un fou —; a downright fool. Une sottise —e; an egregious blunder.

pommeau, n.m., pummel (of saddles, swords).