Lombard

See also: lombard

English

Alternative forms

• Lumbard, Lumbar
• (cannon): lombard

Etymology

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz +‎ *bardaz; equivalent to long +‎ beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒmbɑːd/
• (GA) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/

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Noun

Lombard (plural Lombards)

1. (historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

   Synonym: Langobard

2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
3. (rare) A banker or moneylender.
4. (obsolete) A Lombard house.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:

     a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns

5. (military, historical) A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.

Translations

member of a Germanic people

• Catalan: llombard (ca) m, longobard m
• Chinese: Mandarin: 伦巴底人 (lúnbadǐrén),伦巴第人 (lúnbadìrén)
• Finnish: langobardi (fi)
• French: lombard (fr) m, longobard (fr) m
• German: Langobarde (de) m, Langobardin (de) f
• Hungarian: longobárd (hu), langobárd
• Icelandic: Langbarði m
• Italian: longobardo (it) m
• Old English: Longbeard
• Old Norse: langbarðr
• Polish: Longobard (pl) m, Longobardka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lombardo (pt) m, langobardo m, longobardo m
• Russian: лангоба́рд (ru) m (langobárd)
• Spanish: lombardo (es) m, longobardo m
• Swedish: langobard c, longobard c
• Ukrainian: лангоба́рд m (lanhobárd), ломба́рд m (lombárd)

native of Lombardy

• Armenian: լոմբարդացի (lombardacʻi)
• Catalan: llombard (ca) m
• Czech: Lombarďan m
• Finnish: lombardialainen (fi)
• French: lombard (fr) m
• German: Lombarde (de) m, Lombardin f
• Hungarian: lombardiai
• Italian: lombardo (it) m
• Portuguese: lombardo (pt) m
• Russian: ломба́рдец (ru) m (lombárdec)
• Spanish: lombardo (es) m
• Swedish: lombard (sv) c

banker or moneylender — see banker

Proper noun

Lombard (countable and uncountable, plural Lombards)

1. A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
2. (countable) A surname.
3. A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Lombard

• Lombard house
• Lombardism
• Lombard rate
• Lombardstown
• Lombard Street

Related terms

• Lombardy

 

Translations

language of Lombardy

• Catalan: llombard (ca) m
• Finnish: lombardi (fi)
• French: lombard (fr) m
• Hungarian: lombard (hu)
• Italian: lombardo (it) m
• Lombard: lumbard, lumbàart, lumbaart
• Portuguese: lombardo (pt) m
• Russian: ломбардский (ru) (lombardskij)
• Swedish: lombardiska (sv) c

Adjective

Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

1. Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

Further reading

• Lombard language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lombard terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lombard, lmo ⁠

French

Noun

Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

1. Lombard (resident or native of Lombardy)