plomb

See also: plómb

Dalmatian

Etymology

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Noun

plomb

1. lead

References

• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

French

Etymology

From Middle French plom, from Old French, from Latin plumbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔ̃/

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Noun

plomb m (plural plombs)

1. lead (metal)

   intoxication saturnine par le plomb ― lead poisoning

2. fuse
3. sinker (fishing weight)

Derived terms

• avec des pieds de plomb
• avoir du plomb dans l'aile
• fil à plomb
• pétage de plombs
• péter les plombs
• péter un plomb
• plombage
• plombagine
• plomber
• plombier
• soleil de plomb

 

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin plumbum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

plomb m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) lead

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔmp/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmp
• Syllabification: plomb

Noun

plomb f

1. genitive plural of plomba

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plomb. Attested since 1829.

Noun

plomb c

1. a (lead) seal (to seal a package)
2. (dentistry) a filling
3. (chiefly historical) a filling of concrete in a tree (due to the historical practice of cavity filling)

Declension

Declension of plomb
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	plomb	plomben	plomber	plomberna
Genitive	plombs	plombens	plombers	plombernas

Related terms

• plombera

References

• plomb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• plomb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• plomb in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)