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bombardier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bombarder (“a stone throwing engine”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?m.b??d??/, enPR: bäm'b?r-d?r?
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?m.b??d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
bombardier (plural bombardiers)
- (Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
- (Canada, Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
- Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.
- An artilleryman; a gunner.
- (entomology) A bombardier beetle.
Derived terms
- lance bombardier
- master bombardier
- bombardier beetle
Related terms
- bombard
- bomb
- bomber
Translations
References
- “bombardier” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
French
Etymology
From bombarder +? -ier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.ba?.dje/
Noun
bombardier m (plural bombardiers)
- (archaic) artilleryman, bombardier
- (aircraft) bomber
Further reading
- “bombardier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Verb
bombardier
- singular imperative of bombardieren
Romanian
Etymology
From French bombardier
Noun
bombardier n (plural bombardiere)
- bomber
Declension
bombardier From the web:
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bomber
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?m??/
- Rhymes: -?m?(r)
Etymology 1
bomb +? -er
Noun
bomber (plural bombers)
- (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
- (clothing) Ellipsis of bomber jacket.
- (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)
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
- 2011, Vera Rubin, Cannabis and Culture (page 510)
- In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."
- 2017, Thomas Conrad, The Reunion
- That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.
Derived terms
Related terms
- bombardier
Translations
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.
Usage notes
The forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual.
Further reading
- bomber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- mobber
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bom.?be?/, /bom.?be/
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
bomba +? -er
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)
- firefighter
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bomb?r/, [?b??mb??]
- Homophone: bumper
Etymology 1
From bombe (“to bomb”, agent noun) +? -er, calque of English bomber.
Noun
bomber c (singular definite bomberen, plural indefinite bombere)
- (rare) bomber (military aircraft dropping bombs)
- Synonym: bombefly
- (rare) bomber (a pilot in a bomber)
Inflection
References
- “bomber” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
bomber c
- indefinite plural of bombe
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bomber
- present tense of bombe
French
Etymology 1
bombe +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.be/
Verb
bomber
- (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
- (figuratively) to cower, to bend
- (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
- (colloquial) to spray-paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- bomber le torse
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bomber (jacket).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.bœ?/
- Homophone: bombeur
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
- bomber jacket
Further reading
- “bomber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English bomber.
Noun
bomber m (invariable)
- graffiti artist
- goal scorer (football)
- bomber jacket
Norman
Etymology
From English bomb + -er.
Verb
bomber (gerund bombéthie)
- (Jersey) to bomb
Derived terms
- bombeux (“bomber”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bomber m or f
- indefinite plural of bombe
Verb
bomber
- present of bombe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bomber f
- indefinite plural of bombe
Swedish
Noun
bomber
- indefinite plural of bomb
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