bombardier

See also: Bombardier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bombardier, from Old French bombarder (“a stone throwing engine”), equivalent to bombard +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/, enPR: bäm'bər-dērʹ
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

bombardier (plural bombardiers)

1. (Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
   • 1990, Charles W McArthur, Operations Analysis in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in World War II, American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, page 142:

     The bombardier then checked the gyroscopic stabilization of the bombsight and clutched in the electrical motor.

2. (Canada, British) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
   • Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.
3. An artilleryman; a gunner.
   • 1852, R. H. Major, “Notes Upon Russia”, in Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society‎^[1], translation of original by Sigismund von Herberstein, page 98:

     […] the officer to whom the command was deputed, to the amusement of a German bombardier, ordered one of the largest cannons to be placed under the gate of a fortress […]

   • 1982, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, translated by Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher, Early Stories, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     He has known for ages why a sturdy bombardier rides alongside the officer at the head of each battery, and why he is given a special name.

   • 2001, Martin Garrett, Venice‎^[2], →ISBN, page 37:

     In 1687, with notorious effects, Morosini attacked Athens: the Turks were using the Parthenon as a powder-store, and the German bombardiers blew it up.

4. (entomology) A bombardier beetle.

Derived terms

• lance bombardier
• master bombardier
• bombardier beetle

Related terms

• bombard
• bomb
• bomber

Translations

bomber crew member

• Galician: bombardeador m, bombardeadora f
• German: Bombenschütze (de) m, Bombenschützin f
• Portuguese: bombardeador m, bombardeadora f
• Spanish: bombardeador m, bombardeadora f

officer rank in artillery

artilleryman

References

• “bombardier” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

French

Etymology

From bombarder +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.baʁ.dje/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bombardier m (plural bombardiers)

1. (archaic) artilleryman, bombardier
2. (aircraft) bomber

Further reading

• “bombardier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

bombardier

1. singular imperative of bombardieren

Polish

bombardier sense 1.1

bombardier sense 1

Etymology

Borrowed from French bombardier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔmˈbar.djɛr/
• Rhymes: -ardjɛr
• Syllabification: bom‧bar‧dier

Noun

bombardier m pers (related adjective bombardierski)

1. (historical) bombardier (military rank in the rocket and artillery troops of the Polish Army)
   2. (historical) bombardier (soldier of this rank)
2. (historical) bombardier, artilleryman, gunner (person in the army who operated a bombard or other type of gun)

   Synonym: strzelec

3. bombardier, bomb aimer (crew member of a bomber aircraft responsible for the targeting of aerial bombs)
4. (colloquial) athlete who, during a match, makes many decisive and accurate blows, or strikes with the ball or puck, thus scoring many points

Declension

Declension of bombardier

	singular	plural
nominative	bombardier	bombardierzy/bombardiery (deprecative)
genitive	bombardiera	bombardierów
dative	bombardierowi	bombardierom
accusative	bombardiera	bombardierów
instrumental	bombardierem	bombardierami
locative	bombardierze	bombardierach
vocative	bombardierze	bombardierzy

Noun

bombardier m animal

2. bombardier beetle (beetle whose defence mechanism enables it to eject a hot aqueous mixture of chemicals at predators)
3. (rail transport) tram or train car manufactured by a company belonging to the Bombardier Inc. multinational

Declension

Declension of bombardier

	singular	plural
nominative	bombardier	bombardiery
genitive	bombardiera	bombardierów
dative	bombardierowi	bombardierom
accusative	bombardiera	bombardiery
instrumental	bombardierem	bombardierami
locative	bombardierze	bombardierach
vocative	bombardierze	bombardiery

Related terms

nouns

• bombarda
• bombardowanie

 

verbs

• bombardować impf
• zbombardować pf

 

Further reading

• bombardier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bombardier in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bombardier in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bombardier.

Noun

bombardier n (plural bombardiere)

1. bomber.

Declension

Declension of bombardier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bombardier	bombardierul	(niște) bombardiere	bombardierele
genitive/dative	(unui) bombardier	bombardierului	(unor) bombardiere	bombardierelor
vocative	bombardierule		bombardierelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bombardier.

Noun

bombardier m (plural bombardieri)

1. bomber pilot.
2. (slang, derogatory) cocalar, chav.
   • 2023 April, Rodica Zafiu, “Bombardier”, in Dilema Veche‎^[3]:

     Un nou termen peiorativ – bombardier – s-a impus în ultimii doi-trei ani în limbajul colocvial-argotic, înlocuind etichetări mai vechi parțial echivalente, dintre care cea mai apropiată pare a fi, în opinia multor vorbitori, cocalar.

     A new derogatory word – bombardier – was imposed during the past two-three years in the colloquial-slang language, replacing older, partially equivalent labels, out of which the closest seems to be, in the opinion of many speakers, cocalar.

Declension

Declension of bombardier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bombardier	bombardierul	(niște) bombardieri	bombardierii
genitive/dative	(unui) bombardier	bombardierului	(unor) bombardieri	bombardierilor
vocative	bombardierule, bombardiere		bombardierilor