pomade

UK: /pəˈmɑːd/ US: /pɑˈmeɪd, -ˈmɑd/ ,(po mād′, -mäd′, pō-)

Inflections of 'pomade' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

pomades

v 3rd person singular

pomading

v pres p

pomaded

v past

pomaded

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

po•made /pɑˈmeɪd, -ˈmɑd/   n., v., -mad•ed, -mad•ing. 
n. [uncountable]

1. Clothing a scented, greasy substance or ointment, esp. for the hair.

v. [~ + object]

2. Clothing to apply pomade to.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

po•made  (po mād′, -mäd′, pō-), n., v., -mad•ed, -mad•ing. 
n. 

1. Clothing a scented ointment, esp. one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.

v.t. 

2. Clothing to dress with pomade;
   apply pomade to.

• Latin, plural (taken in Vulgar Latin as feminine singular) of pōmum fruit) + -ata -ade¹. See pomatum
• Italian pomata (so called because apples were origin, originally an ingredient), equivalent. to pom(a) apple (
• French
• earlier pommade 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

pomade / pəˈmɑːd -ˈmeɪd/ noun

1. a perfumed oil or ointment put on the hair, as to make it smooth and shiny

verb

1. (transitive) to put pomade on

Also called: pomatum / pəˈmeɪtəm/ Etymology: 16th Century: from French pommade, from Italian pomato (originally made partly from apples), from Latin pōmum apple