bombard

See also: Bombard

English

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbɒmˈbɑːd/
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/, /bəmˈbɑɹd/

  • Audio (US):

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• Noun:
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).

Noun

bombard (plural bombards)

1. a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
   • Knolles

     They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses.

2. (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
3. (obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2

     […] yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.

4. (poetic, rare) A bombardment.

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5. (music) A bombardon.

Translations

medieval primitive cannon

• Bulgarian: бомба́рда f (bombárda)
• Catalan: bombarda (ca) f
• Czech: bombarda (cs) f
• Dutch: bombarde (nl)
• French: bombarde (fr) f
• German: Bombarde f, Donnerbüchse (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: βομβάρδα (el) f (vomvárda)
• Ido: bombardilo (io)
• Latin: bombarda f
• Portuguese: bombarda (pt) f
• Russian: бомба́рда (ru) f (bombárda)
• Spanish: bombarda (es) f

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bombarder, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”)

Verb

bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)

1. To attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
2. (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
3. (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.

Synonyms

• bomb

Translations

to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles

• Belarusian: бамбава́ць impf (bambavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: бомбарди́рам (bg) impf or pf (bombardíram)
• Catalan: bombardejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砲擊／炮击 (zh) (pàojī), 炮击 (zh) (pàojī), 轟擊／轰击 (zh) (hōngjī), 轰击 (zh) (hōngjī)

• Czech: bombardovat (cs)
• Dutch: bombarderen (nl)
• Finnish: pommittaa (fi)
• French: bombarder (fr)
• German: bombardieren (de)
• Greek: βομβαρδίζω (el) (vomvardízo)
• Hungarian: ágyúz (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: bombardar (io)
• Japanese: 爆撃する (ja) (bakugeki suru), 砲撃する (ja) (hōgeki suru)
• Korean: 폭격하다 (ko) (pokgyeokhada)
• Norman: bombarder (Jersey)
• Portuguese: bombardear (pt)
• Russian: бомбарди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (bombardírovatʹ), бомби́ть (ru) impf (bombítʹ), разбомби́ть (ru) pf (razbombítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бомбарди́рати

  Roman: bombardírati (sh)

• Spanish: bombardear (es)
• Ukrainian: бомбардува́ти (uk) impf (bombarduváty)

to attack something or someone by directing objects at them

• Dutch: bekogelen (nl)
• Finnish: pommittaa (fi)
• French: bombarder (fr)
• German: bombardieren (de)
• Greek: βομβαρδίζω (el) (vomvardízo)
• Japanese: 浴びせる (abiseru)
• Norman: bombarder (Jersey)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: bombardear (pt)
• Russian: бомбарди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (bombardírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бомбарди́рати

  Roman: bombardírati (sh)

• Spanish: bombardear (es)

to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms

• Bulgarian: бомбарди́рам (bg) impf or pf (bombardíram)
• Czech: bombardovat (cs)
• Dutch: bombarderen (nl)
• French: bombarder (fr)
• German: bombardieren (de)
• Greek: βομβαρδίζω (el) (vomvardízo)
• Japanese: 照射する (ja) (shōsha suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: bombarder (Jersey)
• Portuguese: bombardear (pt)
• Russian: бомбарди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (bombardírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бомбарди́рати

  Roman: bombardírati (sh)

• Spanish: bombardear (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} bombardi
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} bombardear (gl)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להפציץ (le'haftzytz) (to attack with bombs or missiles), ^{(please verify)} להפגיז (le'hafgyz) (to attack with artillery shells)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} membomi (id), ^{(please verify)} memborbardir
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} bombardar, ^{(please verify)} bombar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} bombardare (it)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} urbem tormentis verberare, ^{(please verify)} bombardare
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} bombe (no)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bombardear (es)
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} boumön

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb bombard

• bombardier

• bombardment

• bombard phrase