bomber
See also: Bomber
English
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Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmə(r)
Etymology 1
Noun
bomber (plural bombers)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Halifax_Bomber_ExCC.jpg/220px-Halifax_Bomber_ExCC.jpg)
- (aviation) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
- A bomber jacket.
- 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Guardian)
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.
- 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Guardian)
- (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
- A graffiti bomber.
- 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)
- To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]
- 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
aircraft
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bomb setter
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Etymology 2
A shortened form of bombproof.
Adjective
bomber (comparative more bomber, superlative most bomber)
- (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b. the forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual).
Anagrams
Aragonese
Pronunciation
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
- firefighter (person whose job is to put out fires)
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 45:
- Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!
- Run! Shout to the firefighters! Do it now!
- Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 45:
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)
French
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
bomber
- (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
- (figurative) to cower, to bend
- (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
- (colloquial) to spray-paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bomber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bombant /bɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bombé /bɔ̃.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombes /bɔ̃b/ |
bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
bombez /bɔ̃.be/ |
bombent /bɔ̃b/ |
imperfect | bombais /bɔ̃.bɛ/ |
bombais /bɔ̃.bɛ/ |
bombait /bɔ̃.bɛ/ |
bombions /bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
bombiez /bɔ̃.bje/ |
bombaient /bɔ̃.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bombai /bɔ̃.be/ |
bombas /bɔ̃.ba/ |
bomba /bɔ̃.ba/ |
bombâmes /bɔ̃.bam/ |
bombâtes /bɔ̃.bat/ |
bombèrent /bɔ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
future | bomberai /bɔ̃.bʁe/ |
bomberas /bɔ̃.bʁa/ |
bombera /bɔ̃.bʁa/ |
bomberons /bɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
bomberez /bɔ̃.bʁe/ |
bomberont /bɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bomberais /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
bomberais /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
bomberait /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
bomberions /bɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bomberiez /bɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
bomberaient /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombes /bɔ̃b/ |
bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
bombions /bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
bombiez /bɔ̃.bje/ |
bombent /bɔ̃b/ |
imperfect2 | bombasse /bɔ̃.bas/ |
bombasses /bɔ̃.bas/ |
bombât /bɔ̃.ba/ |
bombassions /bɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
bombassiez /bɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
bombassent /bɔ̃.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bombe /bɔ̃b/ |
— | bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
bombez /bɔ̃.be/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bomber (jacket).
Pronunciation
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
Further reading
- “bomber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
bomber m (uncountable)
- graffiti artist
- goal scorer (football)
- bomber jacket
Norman
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English bomb + -er.
Verb
bomber (gerund bombéthie)
Derived terms
- bombeux (“bomber”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bomber m or f
Verb
bomber
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bomber f
Swedish
Noun
bomber
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