pomper, v.n., to pump.

pomper, v.a., to pump, to suck up. — l’humidité; to suck up the moisture.

pompeusement (-peûz-mān), adv., pompously, with great pomp.

pompeu-x, -se, adj., pompous, stately, lofty. Style, discours —; lofty style, speech.

pompier, n.m., fireman; pump-maker.

pompon, n.m., top-knot (of horses); ear-knot; (milit.) tuft.

pomponné, -e, part., decked out, tricked out.

pomponner, v.a., (fam.) to ornament, to deck out, to dress. — son style; to trick out one’s style.

se pomponner, v.r., (fam.) to dress one’s self up.

ponant, n.m., west; western ocean (in contradistinction to the Mediterranean).