bombardement

See also: Bombardement

Danish

Etymology

From French bombardement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔmbadəmanɡ/, [b̥ɔmb̥ɑd̥əˈmɑŋ]

Noun

bombardement n (singular definite bombardementet, plural indefinite bombardementer)

1. bombardment
2. bombing (the action of dropping bombs from the air)
3. shelling (an artillery attack)
4. pelting, bombarding
5. barrage (an overwhelming outburst of words)

Inflection

Declension of bombardement

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bombardement	bombardementet	bombardementer	bombardementerne
genitive	bombardements	bombardementets	bombardementers	bombardementernes

Further reading

• “bombardement” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bombardement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔm.bɑr.dəˈmɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bom‧bar‧de‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

bombardement n (plural bombardementen, diminutive bombardementje n)

1. bombing (bombing from aircraft)
2. bombardment (artillery fire or bombing from the surface)

Derived terms

• bombardementsvliegtuig
• luchtbombardement
• scheepsbombardement

Related terms

• bombarderen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bombardement
• → Indonesian: bombardêmèn

French

Etymology

From bombarder (“to blitz”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

bombardement m (plural bombardements)

1. bombing, bombardment (action of setting off a bomb)

Descendants

• → Danish: bombardement
• → Dutch: bombardement
• → English: bombardment
• → German: Bombardement
• → Norman: bombardement (Jersey)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bombardement
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bombardement
• → Turkish: bombardıman

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French bombardement.

Noun

bombardement m (plural bombardements)

1. (Jersey) bombardment

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French bombardement.

Noun

bombardement n (definite singular bombardementet, indefinite plural bombardement or bombardementer, definite plural bombardementa or bombardementene)

1. bombardment

References

• “bombardement” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French bombardement.

Noun

bombardement n (definite singular bombardementet, indefinite plural bombardement, definite plural bombardementa)

1. bombardment

References

• “bombardement” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.