bom

bom

1. earth

From Dutch bom, from French bombe.

• IPA^(key): /bɔm/

bom (plural bomme, diminutive bommetjie)

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

• atoombom
• kernbom
• tydbom

bom c (singular definite bommen, plural indefinite bomme)

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

• IPA^(key): /bɔm/

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• Hyphenation: bom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

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

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

1. bomb (explosive)
2. (Surinam) gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas)

   Synonyms: gascylinder, gasfles

• atoombom
• bermbom
• bombrief
• brandbom
• clusterbom
• kernbom
• tijdbom

• Afrikaans: bom
• → Indonesian: bom

Clipping of bomschuit.

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

1. (historical) flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel

From Middle Dutch bomme, bonne.

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

1. (archaic) bung, stopper (for barrels)

   Synonyms: spon, stop

Borrowed from Dutch bom.

bom (plural bom-bom, first-person possessive bomku, second-person possessive bommu, third-person possessive bomnya)

1. bomb

From German Baum or East Central German Boom.

• IPA^(key): /bɔm/

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.

From Middle Low German bom.

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)
4. a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)

• bompenger
• bomvei

• “bom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German bom.

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)
4. a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)

• “bom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

bōm m

1. tree

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: bôom
  • Dutch: boom

• “bōm”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

bōm m

1. tree

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

• bô (dialectal)
• bão (Eye dialect)

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.

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

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• Hyphenation: bom
• Rhymes: -õ

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

1. good

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

• mau
• ruim

bom

1. well, very well

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

• bom dia

• bem
• bondade

• (adverb, noun) bem
• (comparative) melhor
• (superlative) ótimo, boníssimo
• mau

bom

1. first-person singular future of biti

bom c

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

• (miss): miss

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔm˧˧]

Borrowed from French bombe.

(classifier quả, trái) bom

1. bomb

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

(classifier quả) bom

1. (dialectal) apple

• táo tây, táo, bôm (regional)

Borrowed from English bone.

• IPA^(key): /bom/

bom (plural boms)

1. bone

• bäkabom (“backbone”)
• bomem
• fitabom

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