bom

See also: BOM, BoM, bôm, bờm, and bơm

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bom, from French bombe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔm/

Noun

bom (plural bomme, diminutive bommetjie)

  1. bomb, explosive
  2. (figuratively) bombshell (something sensational, amazing or controversial)

Derived terms

Danish

Noun

bom c (singular definite bommen, plural indefinite bomme)

  1. bar, tollbar
  2. barrier (rail)
  3. beam
  4. boom

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.

Noun

bom f, m (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. bomb (explosive)
  2. (Surinam) gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas)
    Synonyms: gascylinder, gasfles
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: bom
  • → Indonesian: bom

Etymology 2

Clipping of bomschuit.

Noun

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. (historical) flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch bomme, bonne.

Noun

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. (archaic) bung, stopper (for barrels)
    Synonyms: spon, stop

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch bom.

Noun

bom

  1. bomb

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Baum, or specifically East Central German Boom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔm/

Noun

bom m (diminutive bomk)

  1. tree
    • 2011 September 27, I. Neumannojc, "Sadowe bomy za derjeměśe luźa a natury", Nowy Casnik:
      Sadowe bomy w burskich gumnach a teke na dwórach su typiske za naš region.
      Fruit trees in farmers’ gardens and even in courtyards are typical for our region.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bom.

Noun

bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommer, definite plural bommene)

  1. a boom (for a sail, crane, microphone etc.)
  2. a barrier (at a railway crossing etc.)
  3. a beam (in gymnastics: balance beam)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bom.

Noun

bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommar, definite plural bommane)

  1. a boom (as above)
  2. a barrier (as above)
  3. a beam (as above)

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Noun

bōm m

  1. a tree

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bōm
    • German Low German: Boom
    • Plautdietsch: Boom
    • → Danish: bom
    • → Finnish: puomi
    • → Gutnish: bom
    • → Norwegian: bom
    • → Swedish: bom

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese bõo, inherited from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bónus, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bõ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bõ/, [bõʷ̃]
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

bom (feminine boa, masculine plural bons, feminine plural boas)

  1. good

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bom.

Antonyms

Interjection

bom

  1. well, very well

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bom.

Derived terms

See also

Slovene

Verb

bom

  1. first-person singular future form of biti.

Swedish

Noun

bom c

  1. barrier (rail)
  2. miss, failure to hit
  3. boom (sail)

Declension

Declension of bom 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bom bommen bommar bommarna
Genitive boms bommens bommars bommarnas

Synonyms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bombe.

Noun

(classifier quả, trái) bom

  1. bomb

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pomme; the phoneme /p/ is changed into /ɓ/ as it is not a native onset consonant.

Noun

(classifier quả) bom

  1. (dialectal) apple
Synonyms

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English bone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bom/

Noun

bom (plural boms)

  1. bone

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • rib (ribik)
  • särvig (särvigik)
  • sen (senik)
  • sien (sienik)
  • siül (siülik)
  • slug (slugik)
  • slugamügdal (slugamügdalik)
  • smeilasien (smeilön)
  • smekasien (smekön, (äs))
  • surad (suradik)
  • tämep (tämepik)
  • tästig (tästigik)
  • vein (veinik)
  • vesid (vesidik)
  • bäkavireb (bäkavirebik, vireb)
  • ziöb (ziöbik)

References

  • SARMENTO, Leila Lauar. Gramática em textos. 2nd edition. São Paulo, Brazil: Moderna, 2005.
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