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Honeyjo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Pomelos or pomeloes?

Hello there! I have hit a rock by figuring out why the plural of pomelo is pomelos but not pomeloes? Does it have to do with the vowel e which is short? Besides, the plural of tomato is tomatoes, which the vowel a is long. Could that be the reason?

Please, send me the answer as soon as possible.

Many thanks.

Honeyjo.
  

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In my dictionary is pomelo (pl pomelos) Regards Dominik

— Dominik

  • In my dictionary is pomelo (pl pomelos) Regards Dominik
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In my dictionary is pomelo (pl pomelos)

Regards
Dominik
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Hi,

Until I read this thread, I had never heard the word 'pomelo' before.

It's not in my dictionary. However, when I looked on the 'net, there are over a million references.

I wonder where I can buy one?

Best wishes, Clive
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Oriental stores.

I think it's "pomelos", but I don't know why. I guess this is not an English word, so the "es" rule doesn't apply.
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For those who haven't had a pomelo, I can tell you this is like a white grapefruit.
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JulielaiFor those who haven't had a pomelo, I can tell you this is like a white grapefruit.
It comes from the French word pamplemousse, which comes from Dutch pompel (big) and limoes (citron). They tend to be quite a bit larger than the grapefruit we know, although the fruit from Arizona tends to reach the same size.
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Hi Philip,

You wrote:
It comes from the French word pamplemousse, which comes from Dutch pompel (big) and limoes (citron).
What's your source for this item of information? According to my Shorter OED the origin of the word 'pomelo' is unknown.

Englishuser
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From Merriam-Webster's dictionary:

pomelo n.
etymology: probably alteration of earlier pompelmous, from Dutch pompelmoes
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Englishuser
Hi Philip,

You wrote:
It comes from the French word pamplemousse, which comes from Dutch pompel (big) and limoes (citron).
What's your source for this item of information? According to my Shorter OED the origin of the word 'pomelo' is unknown.

Englishuser

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pomeloes came from town of Ipoh in northern Malaysia, but you can buy them all over malysia and some part of asia.
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