tombe
English edit
Noun edit
tombe (plural tombes)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch tombe, from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tombe f (plural tombes or tomben, diminutive tombetje n)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tombe f (plural tombes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: tonm
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tombe
- inflection of tomber:
Further reading edit
- “tombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tombe f pl
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French tomber (“to fall”), compare Haitian Creole tonbe.
Verb edit
tombe
- to fall
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tombe
- to fall
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Anglo-Norman tumbe, toumbe, Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “funeral mound”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tombe (plural tombes)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tomb(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tombe (plural tombes)
- Alternative form of thombe (“thumb”)
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
tombe
- Alternative form of tome (“empty”)
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).
Noun edit
tombe f (plural tombes)
Synonyms edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
tombe
- inflection of tombar:
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
From Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tombe f (plural tombes)