plomb

See also: plómb

Dalmatian

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Latin plumbum

Dalmatian plomb

Inherited from Latin plumbum.

Noun

plomb

1. lead

References

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

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• pllomb (ORB, narrow)

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Latin plumbum

Franco-Provençal plomb

Inherited from Latin plumbum.

Noun

plomb m (plural plombs) (ORB, broad)

1. lead (metal)

References

• plomb in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• plomb in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

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Latin plumbum

Old French plom

Middle French plom

French plomb

Inherited from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, 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

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Latin plumbum

Old Occitan plom

Occitan plomb

Inherited from Old Occitan plom, from Latin plumbum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

plomb m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) lead

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɔmp/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmp
• Syllabification: plomb

Noun

plomb f

1. genitive plural of plomba

Swedish

Etymology

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Latin plumbum

Old French plom

Middle French plom

French plombbor.

Swedish plomb

Borrowed from French plomb, from Middle French plom, from Old French plom, from Latin plumbum. 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	plomb	plombs
	definite	plomben	plombens
plural	indefinite	plomber	plombers
	definite	plomberna	plombernas

Related terms

• plombera

References

• “plomb”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “plomb”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “plomb”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)