plombe

See also: Plombe and plombé

Danish

Etymology

From French plomb, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plombə/, [ˈpʰlɔmb̥ə]

Noun

plombe c (singular definite plomben, plural indefinite plomber)

1. lead seal
2. (dentistry) filling

Inflection

Declension of plombe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plombe	plomben	plomber	plomberne
genitive	plombes	plombens	plombers	plombernes

Related terms

• plombere (verb)

References

• “plombe” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

plombe f (plural plombes or plomben, diminutive plombetje n)

1. lead seal
2. (dentistry) filling

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔ̃b/
• Homophones: plombent, plombes

Etymology 1

Deverbal from plomber (“to strike, sound”).

Noun

plombe f (plural plombes)

1. (slang) full hour

   Synonym: heure

2. (slang, by extension) ages, a long time

   Ca m’a pris une plombe de venir jusqu’ici.

   It took me ages to get here.

   • 2008, Bastien Vivès, Le goût du chlore [A Taste of Chlorine], Casterman, →ISBN, page 37:

     Ha ! Ha ! Ça fait plaisir la petite piscine, une plombe que j’y étais pas allé.

     Ha ha! I like the swimming pool; it's ages since I've been.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

plombe

1. inflection of plomber:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin plumbum, via French plomb.

Noun

plombe m (definite singular plomben, indefinite plural plomber, definite plural plombene)

1. (dentistry) a filling

References

• “plombe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin plumbum, via French plomb.

Noun

plombe m (definite singular plomben, indefinite plural plombar, definite plural plombane)

1. (dentistry) a filling

References

• “plombe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.