bumbum

See also: bum-bum and bum bum

English

Noun

bumbum (plural bumbums)

1. Alternative spelling of bum-bum.

Icelandic

Noun

bumbum

1. indefinite dative plural of bumba

Latin

Etymology

From bombus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbum.bum]

Noun

bumbum n (genitive bumbī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. a fart

   Synonyms: pēditum, crepitus ventris, bombus

   • 15th c., Janus Pannonius, De Lucia:

     Terribilem foedo misit de podice bumbum

     She blew off a terrible fart from her foul ass

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	bumbum	bumba
genitive	bumbī	bumbōrum
dative	bumbō	bumbīs
accusative	bumbum	bumba
ablative	bumbō	bumbīs
vocative	bumbum	bumba

Derived terms

• bumbulum

References

• bombus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “bombus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Nuer

Adjective

bumbum (plural buɔmbuɔ̱ɔ̱m)

1. strong

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈbum.bum]

Noun

bumbum m inan

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) bonbon

   Synonym: cukierek

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “bumbum”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 299

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of bunda.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bũˈbũ/

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: bum‧bum

Noun

bumbum m (plural bumbuns)

1. (Brazil, childish or euphemistic) buttocks

   Synonyms: rabo, traseiro, (Brazil) bunda, (Brazil) popô

Further reading

• “bumbum”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bumbum”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025