babyboom

See also: baby boom

Danish

Etymology

From baby (“baby”) +‎ boom (“boom”), from English baby boom.

Noun

babyboom n (singular definite babyboomet, plural indefinite babyboom)

1. An increase in birth rate, a baby boom.
2. (singular only) Specifically the baby boom following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.
3. indefinite plural of babyboom

Inflection

Declension of babyboom

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	babyboom	babyboomet	babyboom	babyboomene
genitive	babybooms	babyboomets	babybooms	babyboomenes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English baby boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.biˌbuːm/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧by‧boom

Noun

babyboom m (plural babybooms, diminutive babyboompje n)

1. baby boom

Derived terms

• babyboomer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English baby boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bi.bum/, /be.bi.bum/

Noun

babyboom m (plural babybooms)

1. baby boom (post-World War II baby boom, 1946 to 1964)
2. baby boom (any large increase in births)

Further reading

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