bomber

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmə(r)

Etymology 1

to bomb + -er

Noun

bomber (plural bombers)

Wikipedia

Halifax Bomber of the Canadian Forces

1. A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
2. A person who makes and detonates bombs.
3. bomber jacket
   • 2012, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2012)[1]

     First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.

Derived terms

• bomber jacket
• suicide bomber
• stealth bomber
• superbomber
• torpedo bomber

Related terms

• bombardier

Translations

aircraft

• Arabic: قاذفة قنابل (ar) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轟炸機 (cmn), 轰炸机 (cmn) (hōngzhàjī)

• Czech: bombardér (cs) m
• Dutch: bommenwerper (nl) m
• Esperanto: bombardero (eo)
• Finnish: pommittaja (fi)
• French: bombardier (fr) m
• German: Bomber (de) m
• Greek: βομβαρδιστικό (el) (vomvardistikó) n 
• Hebrew: מפציץ (he) (maftsits) m
• Hungarian: bombázó (hu)

• Ido: bombardaviono (io)
• Japanese: 爆撃機 (ja) (ばくげきき, bakugekiki)
• Jèrriais: bombeux m
• Korean: 폭격기 (ko) (pokgyeokgi) (爆擊機 (ko))
• Macedonian: бомбардер (mk) (bombardér) m
• Navajo: chidí naatʼáʼiʼtsoh beeʼeldǫǫh bikǫʼ neiyéhé
• Norwegian: bombefly (no) n
• Portuguese: bombardeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: bombardier (ro) n, avion de bombardament (ro) n
• Russian: бомбардировщик (ru) (bombardiróvščik) m 
• Slovene: bombnik (sl) m
• Spanish: bombardero (es) m

bomb maker

• Finnish: pommittaja (fi)
• French: artilleur (fr) m, poseur de bombes (fr) m
• Greek: βομβιστής (el) (vomvistís) m 

• Russian: бомбист (ru) (bombíst) m 
• Turkish: bombacı (tr)

Etymology 2

A shortened form of bombproof.

Adjective

bomber (comparative more bomber, superlative most bomber)

1. (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b. the forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual).

Anagrams

• mobber

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Catalan

Etymology

bomba +‎ -er

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)

1. firefighter

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French

Verb

bomber

1. (intransitive) to bulge
2. (figuratively) to cower, to bend

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bomber			avoir bombé
gerund		en bombant			en ayant bombé
present participle		bombant
past participle		bombé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	bombe	bombes	bombe	bombons	bombez	bombent
	imperfect	bombais	bombais	bombait	bombions	bombiez	bombaient
	past historic1	bombai	bombas	bomba	bombâmes	bombâtes	bombèrent
	future	bomberai	bomberas	bombera	bomberons	bomberez	bomberont
	conditional	bomberais	bomberais	bomberait	bomberions	bomberiez	bomberaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	bombe	bombes	bombe	bombions	bombiez	bombent
	imperfect1	bombasse	bombasses	bombât	bombassions	bombassiez	bombassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	bombe	—	bombons	bombez	—
1literary tenses

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English bomber.

Noun

bomber m (invariable)

1. graffiti artist
2. goal scorer (football)
3. bomber jacket

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English bomb +‎ -er.

Verb

bomber (gerund bombéthie)

1. to bomb

Derived terms

• bombeux (“bomber”)

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Norwegian

Noun

bomber

1. Indefinite plural of bombe

Verb

bomber

1. Past tense of bombe

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Swedish

Noun

bomber

1. indefinite plural of bomb