boum

See also: Boum

French

Etymology

Imitative. The spelling variant boom is borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/

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Interjection

boum

1. boom (sound of explosion)

Noun

boum f (plural boums)

1. (dated) dance event, party

   Synonyms: surboum, fête, teuf

Derived terms

• surboum

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• bovum, boverum

Noun

boum

1. genitive plural of bōs

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• boun, bōm, bōn, bām, poum, pām

Etymology

From Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbou̯m/

Noun

boum m

1. tree
2. beam

Declension

Declension of boum (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	boum	die	boume
genitive	eines	dës	boumes	dër	boume
dative	eime	dëm	boume	dën	boumen
accusative	einen	dën	boum	die	boume

Declension of boum (strong masculine with umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	boum	die	böume
genitive	eines	dës	boumes	dër	böume
dative	eime	dëm	boume	dën	böumen
accusative	einen	dën	boum	die	böume

• The first declension-table shows the originally more common declension. The second declension-table shows the declension with i-Umlaut, which became more common.

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Baaum, Bum, Baim, Baum, Boum
  • Swabian: Boum, Boom
  • Walser: böim, baum, bem
• Bavarian: Bam, paam, pame
  • Cimbrian: póom, puam, pome
  • Mòcheno: pa'm
• Central Franconian: Boom, Baum, Boum (Kölsch, Westerwald), Baam (southern Moselle Franconian)
  • Hunsrik: Baam
  • Luxembourgish: Bam
  • Transylvanian Saxon: bum
• East Central German:
  • Erzgebirgisch: Baam
  • Upper Saxon German: Boom, Baam
  • Vilamovian: baojm, boum
• East Franconian: Baam, Bääm
• German: Baum
• Rhine Franconian: Baam
  • Pennsylvania German: Baam
  • Palatine German: Baam
• Yiddish: בוים (boym)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “B01671”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “boum”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition

Old High German

Alternative forms

• poum, paum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *baum.

Cognate with Old English bēam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bou̯m/

Noun

boum m (plural bouma)

1. tree
2. beam

Declension

Declension of boum (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	boum	boumā, bouma
accusative	boum	boumā, bouma
genitive	boumes	boumo
dative	boume	boumum
instrumental	boumu	—

Derived terms

• affaltarboum
• askboum
• fizziboum
• garnboum
• geizboum
• griozboum
• sefinboum
• selbboum
• skaltboum
• sporahboum

Descendants

• Middle High German: boum, boun, bōm, bōn, bām, poum, pām
  • Alemannic German: Baaum, Bum, Baim, Baum, Boum
    • Swabian: Boum, Boom
    • Walser: böim, baum, bem
  • Bavarian: Bam, paam, pame
    • Cimbrian: póom, puam, pome
    • Mòcheno: pa'm
  • Central Franconian: Boom, Baum, Boum (Kölsch, Westerwald), Baam (southern Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: Baam
    • Luxembourgish: Bam
    • Transylvanian Saxon: bum
  • East Central German:
    • Erzgebirgisch: Baam
    • Upper Saxon German: Boom, Baam
    • Vilamovian: baojm, boum
  • East Franconian: Baam, Bääm
  • German: Baum
  • Rhine Franconian: Baam
    • Pennsylvania German: Baam
    • Palatine German: Baam
  • Yiddish: בוים (boym)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “boum”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈum/

Noun

boum (genitive bouma, plural boums)

1. bomb

Declension

Declension of boum

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	boum	boums
Genitive	bouma	boumas
Dative	boume	boumes
Accusative	boumi	boumis
Predicative1	boumu	boumus
Vocative	o boum	o boums

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• boumäd

Further reading

• “boum”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)