bomber
See also: Bomber
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑməɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɒmə(r)
Etymology 1
Noun
bomber (plural bombers)
Halifax Bomber of the Canadian Forces
- A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
- A bomber jacket.
- 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Guardian)
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.
- 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Guardian)
- (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
aircraft
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Etymology 2
A shortened form of bombproof.
Adjective
bomber (comparative more bomber, superlative most bomber)
- (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b. the forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual).
Anagrams
Aragonese
FWOTD – 18 July 2013
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bom.ˈbeɾ/, /bom.ˈbe/
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
- firefighter (person whose job is to put out fires)
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 45:
- Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!
- Run! Shout to the firefighters! Do it now!
- Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 45:
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)
French
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.be/
Verb
bomber
- (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
- (figuratively) to cower, to bend
- (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
- (colloquial) to spray-paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bomber | avoir bombé | |||||
| gerund | en bombant | en ayant bombé | |||||
| present participle | bombant /bɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | bombé /bɔ̃.be/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombes /bɔ̃b/ |
bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
bombez /bɔ̃.be/ |
bombent /bɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect | bombais /bɔ̃.bɛ/ |
bombais /bɔ̃.bɛ/ |
bombait /bɔ̃.bɛ/ |
bombions /bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
bombiez /bɔ̃.bje/ |
bombaient /bɔ̃.bɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | bombai /bɔ̃.be/ |
bombas /bɔ̃.ba/ |
bomba /bɔ̃.ba/ |
bombâmes /bɔ̃.bam/ |
bombâtes /bɔ̃.bat/ |
bombèrent /bɔ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | bomberai /bɔ̃.bʁe/ |
bomberas /bɔ̃.bʁa/ |
bombera /bɔ̃.bʁa/ |
bomberons /bɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
bomberez /bɔ̃.bʁe/ |
bomberont /bɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bomberais /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
bomberais /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
bomberait /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
bomberions /bɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bomberiez /bɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
bomberaient /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombes /bɔ̃b/ |
bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombions /bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
bombiez /bɔ̃.bje/ |
bombent /bɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect1 | bombasse /bɔ̃.bas/ |
bombasses /bɔ̃.bas/ |
bombât /bɔ̃.ba/ |
bombassions /bɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
bombassiez /bɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
bombassent /bɔ̃.bas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
— | bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
bombez /bɔ̃.be/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bomber (jacket).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.bœʁ/
- Homophone: bombeur
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
Further reading
- “bomber” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Noun
bomber m (invariable)
- graffiti artist
- goal scorer (football)
- bomber jacket
Norman
Etymology
Verb
bomber (gerund bombéthie)
Derived terms
- bombeux (“bomber”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bomber m, f
- indefinite plural of bombe
Verb
bomber
- present tense of bombe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bomber f
- indefinite plural of bombe
Swedish
Noun
bomber
- indefinite plural of bomb
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