bombe

bombe

See also: Bombe, bombé, bombë, and bomb

English

Etymology

From French bombe. Doublet of bomb.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɒm(b)/
  • Rhymes: -ɒm, -ɒmb

Noun

bombe (plural bombes)

  1. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
  2. (chiefly in German cooking, otherwise rare) A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection.
    Coordinate term: truffle
    • 1983, Bon Appétit, volume 28, page 17:
      Sous-chef Daniel O'Reagan prepares an array of tempting desserts, including a zabaglione and marzipan bombe, chocolate mousse torte and an amaretto-flavored cheesecake.
    • 2000, New York Times, The New York Times Guide to New York City 2001, page 454:
      The best dessert by far is the chocolate-caramel bombe, a gorgeous chocolate-dusted dome with a heart of passion fruit crème brûlée.
    • 2009, Tim Richardson, Sweets: A History of Candy (→ISBN), page 374:
      Austria boasts the Mozart ball, a marzipan-filled chocolate ball wrapped in a portrait of the composer. Niemetz of Vienna also manufactures a famous marshmallow bombe called the Schwedenbombe.
  3. (computing) An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From French bombe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bombə/, [ˈb̥ɔmb̥ə]
  • Homophone: bumpe

Noun

bombe c (singular definite bomben, plural indefinite bomber)

  1. (military, weaponry) bomb

Declension

Declension of bombe
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bombe bomben bomber bomberne
genitive bombes bombens bombers bombernes

Derived terms

Verb

bombe (past tense bombede, past participle bombet)

  1. to bomb

Conjugation

Conjugation of bombe
active passive
present bomber bombes
past bombede bombedes
infinitive bombe bombes
imperative bomb
participle
present bombende
past bombet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund bomben

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (a boom).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bombe f (plural bombes)

    1. bomb (a device filled with explosives)
    2. aerosol (either the substance or the container)
    3. (colloquial) a hottie, a bombshell
      Synonyms: avion de chasse, bonnasse, canon
    4. globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy
      Synonym: bonbonne
    5. ellipsis of bombe glacée (French ice cream dessert frozen in a spherical mould; literally, ice cream bomb, due to the cannonball shape)
    6. ellipsis of bombe météorologique, bombe météo, or bombe cyclonique

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Danish: bombe
    • English: bombe
    • German: Bombe
    • Lao: ບົມ (bom)
    • Persian: بمب (bomb)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
    • Vietnamese: bom

    Further reading

    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbom.be/
    • Rhymes: -ombe
    • Hyphenation: bóm‧be

    Noun

    bombe f

    1. plural of bomba

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bombe

    1. vocative singular of bombus

    Norman

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

    bombe f (plural bombes)

    1. (Jersey) bomb

    Northern Kurdish

    Noun

    bombe f

    1. bomb

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From French bombe (bomb, aerosol), from Italian bomba (bomb), from Latin bombus (a buzz or humming sound), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing, booming, rumbling), imitative of the sound itself.

    Noun

    bombe f or m (definite singular bomba or bomben, indefinite plural bomber, definite plural bombene)

    1. a bomb
    2. a round spot in patterns
      et blått slips med røde bomber
      a blue tie with red spots
    3. bombe

    Derived terms

    Verb

    bombe (imperative bomb, present tense bomber, simple past and past participle bomba or bombet, present participle bombende)

    1. to bomb

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    bombe f (definite singular bomba, indefinite plural bomber, definite plural bombene)

    1. a bomb
    2. a round spot in patterns
      eit blått slips med raude bomber
      a blue tie with red spots
    3. bombe

    Derived terms

    Verb

    bombe (present tense bombar, past tense bomba, past participle bomba, passive infinitive bombast, present participle bombande, imperative bombe/bomb)

    1. to bomb

    References

    Portuguese

    Verb

    bombe

    1. inflection of bombar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈbombe]

    Noun

    bombe f

    1. inflection of bombă:
      1. indefinite plural
      2. indefinite genitive/dative singular