bom
AbinomnEdit
NounEdit
bom
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch bom, from French bombe.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bom (plural bomme, diminutive bommetjie)
- bomb, explosive
- (figuratively) bombshell (something sensational, amazing or controversial)
Derived termsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle Low German bōm (“tree”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, *bagmaz, cf. German Baum and English beam.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bom c (singular definite bommen, plural indefinite bomme)
InflectionEdit
ReferencesEdit
“bom” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.
NounEdit
bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)
- bomb (explosive)
- (Surinam) gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas)
- Synonyms: gascylinder, gasfles
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)
- (historical) flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle Dutch bomme, bonne, probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.[1]
NounEdit
bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “bonde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch bom, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a boom”).
NounEdit
bom (plural, first-person possessive bomku, second-person possessive bommu, third-person possessive bomnya)
- bomb, an explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
Derived termsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch boom (“tree, pole”), from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
NounEdit
bom (plural, first-person possessive bomku, second-person possessive bommu, third-person possessive bomnya)
- boom, tree, pole.
Etymology 3Edit
From Dutch slagboom (“boom barrier, boom gate”) or boom (“beam, barrier”). Compare to Dutch boomklok (“A bell tolled during the opening (in the morning) or closing (in the evening) of a port”, literally “beam bell”).
NounEdit
bom (plural, first-person possessive bomku, second-person possessive bommu, third-person possessive bomnya)
- boom barrier, boom gate
- (figuratively) harbor, harbour.
- Synonym: pelabuhan
- (figuratively) customs.
- Synonym: pabean
Alternative formsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German boum (German Baum), or East Central German, German Low German Boom.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bom m (diminutive bomk)
- 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.
- 2011 September 27, I. Neumannojc, "Sadowe bomy za derjeměśe luźa a natury", Nowy Casnik:
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Further readingEdit
- bom in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
- bom in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German bom.
NounEdit
bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommer, definite plural bommene)
- a boom (for a sail, crane, microphone etc.)
- a barrier (at a railway crossing etc.)
- a beam (in gymnastics: balance beam)
- a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German bom.
NounEdit
bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommar, definite plural bommane)
- a boom (as above)
- a barrier (as above)
- a beam (as above)
- a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)
ReferencesEdit
- “bom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *baum.
NounEdit
bōm m
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bōm”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
NounEdit
bōm m
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | bōm | bōmos |
accusative | bōm | bōmos |
genitive | bōmes | bōmō |
dative | bōme | bōmum |
instrumental | — | — |
DescendantsEdit
- Middle Low German: bôm
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bõ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbõ/, [ˈbõ̞ʊ̃]
- Hyphenation: bom
- Rhymes: -õ
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AdjectiveEdit
bom (feminine singular boa, masculine plural bons, feminine plural boas, comparable)
- good
- desirable, positive, advantageous
- (in reference to senses) pleasant, enjoyable, (of food) tasty
- (of a person) kind, generous, acting morally
- (of quantity or time) sizeable, reasonable, significant
- Synonyms: razoável, significante
- uma boa parte
- a significant part
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bom.
AntonymsEdit
(all senses):
InterjectionEdit
bom
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bom.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
SloveneEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bọ̑m
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bom c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bom | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bom | bommen | bommar | bommarna |
Genitive | boms | bommens | bommars | bommarnas |
SynonymsEdit
- (miss): miss
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from French pomme; the phoneme /p/ is changed into /ɓ/ as it is not a native onset consonant.
NounEdit
(classifier quả) bom
SynonymsEdit
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bom (nominative plural boms)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- SARMENTO, Leila Lauar. Gramática em textos. 2nd edition. São Paulo, Brazil: Moderna, 2005.