plomb

plomb

See also: plómb

Dalmatian

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin plumbum.

    Noun

    plomb

    1. lead

    References

    • Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

    Franco-Provençal

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Inherited from Latin plumbum.

      Noun

      plomb m (plural plombs) (ORB, broad)

      1. lead (metal)

      References

      • plomb in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
      • plomb in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

      French

      Etymology

        Inherited from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /plɔ̃/
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        Noun

        plomb m (plural plombs)

        1. lead (metal)
          intoxication saturnine par le plomblead poisoning
        2. (informal) fuse
          Synonym: fusible
        3. sinker (fishing weight)

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Danish: plombe
        • German: Plombe (see there for further descendants)
        • Norwegian Bokmål: plombe
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: plombe
        • Polish: plomba
        • Swedish: plomb

        Further reading

        Occitan

        Etymology

          Inherited from Old Occitan plom, from Latin plumbum.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          plomb m (uncountable)

          1. (chemistry) lead

          Polish

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈplɔmp/
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          • Rhymes: -ɔmp
          • Syllabification: plomb

          Noun

          plomb f

          1. genitive plural of plomba

          Swedish

          Etymology

            Borrowed from French plomb, from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum. Attested since 1829.

            Noun

            plomb c

            1. a (lead) seal (to seal a package)
            2. (dentistry) a filling
            3. (chiefly historical) a filling of concrete in a tree (due to the historical practice of cavity filling)

            Declension

            Declension of plomb
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite plomb plombs
            definite plomben plombens
            plural indefinite plomber plombers
            definite plomberna plombernas

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