bomber
See also: Bomber
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑməɹ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmə(r)
Noun
bomber (plural bombers)
- (aviation) 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.
- 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, […]
- 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)
Derived terms
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Translations
aircraft
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bomb setter
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Etymology 2
A shortened form of bombproof.
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:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.be/
Verb
bomber
Conjugation
Conjugation of bomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | bombant /bɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | ||||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
— | bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
bombez /bɔ̃.be/ |
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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
Further reading
- “bomber” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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