bomber

See also: Bomber

English

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑməɹ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒmə(r)

Etymology 1

bomb +‎ -er

Noun

bomber (plural bombers)

Halifax Bomber of the Canadian Forces
  1. (aviation) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
  2. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
  3. 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.
  4. (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
  5. A graffiti bomber.
    • 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)
      To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

A shortened form of bombproof.

Adjective

bomber (comparative more bomber, superlative most bomber)

  1. (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)

  1. 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!

Catalan

Etymology

bomba +‎ -er

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)

  1. firefighter

French

Etymology 1

bombe +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.be/

Verb

bomber

  1. (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
  2. (figuratively) to cower, to bend
  3. (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
  4. (colloquial) to spray-paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bombant
/bɔ̃.bɑ̃/
past participle bombé
/bɔ̃.be/
infinitive
simple bomber
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bombant
/bɔ̃.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bombe
/bɔ̃b/		 bombes
/bɔ̃b/		 bombe
/bɔ̃b/		 bombions
/bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/		 bombiez
/bɔ̃.bje/		 bombent
/bɔ̃b/
imperfect2 bombasse
/bɔ̃.bas/		 bombasses
/bɔ̃.bas/		 bombât
/bɔ̃.ba/		 bombassions
/bɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/		 bombassiez
/bɔ̃.ba.sje/		 bombassent
/bɔ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bombe
/bɔ̃b/		 — bombons
/bɔ̃.bɔ̃/		 bombez
/bɔ̃.be/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bomber (jacket).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.bœʁ/
  • Homophone: bombeur

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers)

  1. bomber jacket

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bomber.

Noun

bomber m (invariable)

  1. graffiti artist
  2. goal scorer (football)
  3. bomber jacket

Norman

Etymology

From English bomb +‎ -er.

Verb

bomber (gerund bombéthie)

  1. (Jersey) to bomb

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bomber m or f

  1. indefinite plural of bombe

Verb

bomber

  1. present of bombe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bomber f

  1. indefinite plural of bombe

Swedish

Noun

bomber

  1. indefinite plural of bomb
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