pomp

n.

1. Dignified or magnificent display; splendor: the solemn pomp of a military funeral.
2. Vain or ostentatious display. See synonyms at display.

[Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa, pomp, procession, from Greek pompē, procession, from pempein, to send.]

noun

An impressive or ostentatious exhibition: array, display, panoply, parade, show, spectacle. See show/hide.

n

Definition: pageantry, display
Antonyms: dullness, plainness, simplicity

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IN BRIEF: Magnificent display; splendor.

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - pragt, forfængelighed, festoptrin

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertoon, spektakel

Français (French)
n. - pompe, ostentation, apparat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gepränge, Pomp, Prunk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεγαλοπρέπεια, λαμπρότητα, επίδειξη, πομπή

Italiano (Italian)
pompa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pompa (f), ostentação (f)

Русский (Russian)
помпа, пышность, пышная процессия

Español (Spanish)
n. - pompa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pomp, ståt, prakt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
壮丽, 夸耀, 盛况

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 壯麗, 誇耀, 盛況

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 화려, 허영

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 壮観, 華やかさ, 虚飾

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موكب عظيم, أبهه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פאר, הדר, הוד, התהדרות‬

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