Boom

See also: boom and Bööm

Translingual

Proper noun

Boom

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903-1980).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

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English

Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boːm/

Proper noun

Boom

1. A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.

Translations

a Belgian city and municipality in Antwerp

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Anagrams

• MOBO, mobo, moob

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Baum, Boum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
• Baam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German boum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːm/ (Ripuarian; western Moselle Franconian)
• IPA^(key): /bɔːm/ (eastern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Boom m (plural Bööm or Beem or Bääm, diminutive Böömche or Beemche or Bäämche)

1. (most dialects) tree

   Met sengem neue Kleedche mot it och op dä Boom klemme!

   But she simply had to climb on that tree in her new dress!

Usage notes

• The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian. The forms with -e- are used in Moselle Franconian dialects that pronounce /oː/ in the singular; those with -ä- are used in dialects that pronounce /ɔː/.

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Dutch

Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boːm]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Boom ?

1. A Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
2. a surname

Related terms

• Bomenaar (demonym)

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East Central German

Alternative forms

• Baam

Noun

Boom

1. (Upper Saxon) tree

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• Bom
• (Westphalian: Münsterländisch) Baum (plural Bäume)
• (Westphalian: Paderbornisch) Baum (plural Bäme)
• (Westphalian) Baum (plural Bäime)

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, German Baum, West Frisian beam, English beam.

Noun

Boom m (plural Bööm or Böm or Bäum)

1. tree

Hypernyms

• Plant

Hyponyms

Hyponyms

• Bark
• Böök
• Dann
• Eek

• Esch
• Föhr, Fuhr
• Kastang, Kastange, Kastanje
• Linn

• Pinie
• Palm
• Sülverlinn

Derived terms

Terms derived from Boom

• Appelboom
• Beerboom
• Boomfarn
• Boomgoorn
• Boomoort
• Dannenboom

• Drakenboom, Dracaena
• Duvenboom, Cathaya argyrophylla
• Linnenboom
• Loofboom
• Mammutboom

• Nadelboom
• Nöötboom
• Nuttboom
• Olivenboom
• Öölboom
• Salboom

See also

• Farn
• Struuk

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm

Noun

Boom m (plural Beem)

1. tree

Derived terms

• Boomstaum (tree trunk, bole)
• Boomwoll (cotton)
• Boomworscht (banana)
• Hoafstboom (autumn tree)
• Bäarenboom (pear tree)
• Kjoaschenboom (cherry tree)
• Wiedenboom (willow)
• Wienachtsboom (Christmas tree)

See also

• Boon (bean)
• Bloom (flower)
• Holt (wood)
• Woolt (woods, forest)
• Däa (door)
• Hoff
• Hus
• Staul
• Stap
• Wota

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words
• Herman Rempel's Plautdietsch Dictionary

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bām.

Noun

Boom ?

1. tree