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

dessert made from ice cream

• French: bombe (fr) f
• German: Eisbombe (de) f
• Swedish: glassbomb (sv) c

device used in cryptanalysis

• French: bombe (fr) f
• German: Turing-Bombe f

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

• a-bombe
• atombombe
• b-bombe
• benzinbombe
• bombealarm
• bombeangreb
• bombeanslag
• bombeattentat
• bombefly
• bombekrater
• bombemand
• bombenedslag
• bomberegn
• bombesikker
• bombeskjold
• bombetogt
• bombetrussel
• brandbombe
• brintbombe

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

• bomber
• bombning
• tæppebombe

Further reading

• “bombe” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃b/

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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

• bombe à retardement
• bombe atomique
• bombe cyclonique
• bombe météo
• bombe météorologique
• bombe sexuelle

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “bombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bombe f

1. plural of bomba

Anagrams

• Bembo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔm.bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔm.be]

Noun

bombe

1. vocative singular of bombus

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

bombe f (plural bombes)

1. (Jersey) bomb

Northern Kurdish

bombe

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

• atombombe
• bilbombe
• bombeangrep
• bombefly
• bombekrater
• bombesikker
• bombing
• isbombe (sense 3)
• klasebombe

Verb

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

1. to bomb

References

• “bombe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• atombombe
• bilbombe
• bombeangrep
• bombefly
• bombekrater
• bombesikker
• bombing
• isbombe
• klasebombe

Verb

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

1. to bomb

References

• “bombe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Turkish

Etymology

From French bombé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bomˈbe/
• Hyphenation: bom‧be

Noun

bombe (definite accusative bombeyi, plural bombeler)

1. camber
2. bulge, bump
3. bow
4. blister (of a car tyre)
5. toe box

Declension

Declension of bombe

singular plural nominative bombe bombeler definite accusative bombeyi bombeleri dative bombeye bombelere locative bombede bombelerde ablative bombeden bombelerden genitive bombenin bombelerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular bombem bombelerim 2nd singular bomben bombelerin 3rd singular bombesi bombeleri 1st plural bombemiz bombelerimiz 2nd plural bombeniz bombeleriniz 3rd plural bombeleri bombeleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular bombemi bombelerimi 2nd singular bombeni bombelerini 3rd singular bombesini bombelerini 1st plural bombemizi bombelerimizi 2nd plural bombenizi bombelerinizi 3rd plural bombelerini bombelerini dative singular plural 1st singular bombeme bombelerime 2nd singular bombene bombelerine 3rd singular bombesine bombelerine 1st plural bombemize bombelerimize 2nd plural bombenize bombelerinize 3rd plural bombelerine bombelerine locative singular plural 1st singular bombemde bombelerimde 2nd singular bombende bombelerinde 3rd singular bombesinde bombelerinde 1st plural bombemizde bombelerimizde 2nd plural bombenizde bombelerinizde 3rd plural bombelerinde bombelerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular bombemden bombelerimden 2nd singular bombenden bombelerinden 3rd singular bombesinden bombelerinden 1st plural bombemizden bombelerimizden 2nd plural bombenizden bombelerinizden 3rd plural bombelerinden bombelerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular bombemin bombelerimin 2nd singular bombenin bombelerinin 3rd singular bombesinin bombelerinin 1st plural bombemizin bombelerimizin 2nd plural bombenizin bombelerinizin 3rd plural bombelerinin bombelerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular bombeyim bombelerim 2nd singular bombesin bombelersin 3rd singular bombe bombedir bombeler bombelerdir 1st plural bombeyiz bombeleriz 2nd plural bombesiniz bombelersiniz 3rd plural bombeler bombelerdir

Further reading

• “bombe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bombe”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bombe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük