atomic bomb

English

Etymology

Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in his 1914 novel The World Set Free.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈtɒmɪk bɒm/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈtɑmɪk bɑm/

An early-generation atomic gravity bomb.

A mushroom cloud characteristic of an atomic bomb detonation.

Noun

atomic bomb (plural atomic bombs)

2. (countable, military) A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.

   Synonyms: atom bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb

   • 1945 August 6, Harry S. Truman, “Statement by the President Announcing the Use of the A-Bomb at Hiroshima”, in UVA Miller Center Presidential Speeches‎^[1], University of Virginia Miller Center:

     In their present form these bombs are now in production and even more powerful forms are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

3. (uncountable, colloquial, with the) The possession of one or more atomic bombs; the ability to launch a nuclear attack.

   Synonym: the bomb

   Nine different countries have the atomic bomb as of 2022.

Hypernyms

• nuclear weapon, nuke, superbomb
• weapon of mass destruction, WMD

Coordinate terms

• hydrogen bomb, H-bomb
• neutron bomb

Derived terms

• atomic F-bomb

Translations

nuclear weapon

• Afrikaans: atoombom
• Albanian: bombë atomike f
• Arabic: قُنْبُلَة ذَرِّيَّة (qunbula ḏarriyya)
• Armenian: ատոմային ռումբ (atomayin ṙumb)
• Azerbaijani: atom bombası
• Basque: bonba atomikoa
• Belarusian: а́тамная бо́мба f (átamnaja bómba)
• Breton: bombezenn (br) nukleel (br) f
• Bulgarian: я́дрена бо́мба f (jádrena bómba), а́томна бо́мба f (átomna bómba)
• Burmese: အဏုမြူဗုံး (my) (a.nu.mrubum:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: атомо́ва бо́мба f (atomóva bómba)
• Catalan: bomba atòmica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子彈 / 原子弹 (zh) (yuánzǐdàn)

• Czech: atomová bomba f
• Danish: atombombe (da) c
• Dutch: atoombom (nl) f
• Esperanto: a-bombo, atombombo
• Estonian: aatomipomm (et)
• Faroese: kjarnorkubumba f
• Finnish: ydinpommi (fi)
• French: bombe atomique (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: atoombom

• Georgian: ატომური ბომბი (aṭomuri bombi)
• German: Atombombe (de) f
• Greek: ατομική βόμβα (el) f (atomikí vómva)
• Greenlandic: atomimik qaartartorsuaq
• Hebrew: פְּצָצָה אֲטוֹמִית f (ptsatsá atomít)
• Hindi: परमाणु बम m (parmāṇu bam), परमाणुबम (hi) m (parmāṇubam), अणुबम (hi) m (aṇubam), एटमबम m (eṭambam)
• Hungarian: atombomba (hu)
• Icelandic: atómsprengja f, kjarnorkusprengja (is) f
• Ido: atom-bombo
• Indonesian: bom atom (id)
• Irish: buama adamhach m
• Italian: bomba atomica (it) f, bomba A f
• Japanese: 原子爆弾 (ja) (げんしばくだん, genshi bakudan), 原爆 (ja) (げんばく, genbaku)
• Kazakh: атом бомбасы (atom bombası)
• Khmer: គ្រាប់បែកបរមាណូ (krŏəp baek paʼraʼmaanou)
• Korean: 원자폭탄(原子爆彈) (ko) (wonjapoktan), 원자탄(原子彈) (ko) (wonjatan), 원폭(原爆) (ko) (wonpok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bomba atomê

• Kyrgyz: атом бомбасы (atom bombası)
• Lao: ລະເບີດປະລໍາມະນູ (la bœ̄t pa lam ma nū)
• Latin: pȳrobolus atomicus m
• Latvian: atombumba f, kodolbumba f
• Lithuanian: atominė bomba f
• Luxembourgish: Atombomm
• Macedonian: атомска бомба f (atomska bomba)
• Malay: bom atom (ms)
• Marathi: अणुबॉम्ब (mr) m (aṇubŏmba)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цөмийн бөмбөг (cömiin bömbög)

• Navajo: łeetsoh beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh beeʼalį́į́h
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: atombombe (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: atombombe f

• Occitan: bomba atomica (oc)
• Pashto: اتومي بم m (atūmi bam)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بُمْبِ اَتُمی (bomb-e atomi)

• Plautdietsch: Atommbomm f
• Polish: bomba atomowa (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: bomba atômica f

  European Portuguese: bomba atómica f

• Quechua: iñuku huk'i bomba
• Romanian: bombă atomică (ro), bombă nucleară (ro) f
• Russian: а́томная бо́мба (ru) f (átomnaja bómba)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: atomabomba

• Scottish Gaelic: boma atamach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀то̄мска̄ бо̑мба f

  Latin: àtōmskā bȏmba f

• Slovak: atómová bomba f
• Slovene: atomska bomba (sl) f
• Spanish: bomba atómica f, bombo (es) m
• Swedish: atombomb (sv) c
• Tagalog: bomba atomika
• Tajik: бомбаи атомӣ (bomba-yi atomi)
• Tatar: атом бомбасы (atom bombası)
• Thai: ระเบิดปรมาณู (rá-bə̀ət-bpà-rá-maa-nuu)
• Turkish: atom bombası (tr)
• Turkmen: atom bombasy
• Ukrainian: а́томна бо́мба (uk) f (átomna bómba)
• Urdu: اَیٹَم بَم m (aiṭam bam)
• Uyghur: ئاتوم بومبىسى (atom bombisi)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: атом бомбаси (atom bombasi)

  Latin: atom bombasi

• Vietnamese: bom nguyên tử (vi)
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: bom atomig

See also

• nucleomitophobia