different between bumerang vs boomerang

Albanian

Noun

bumerang

1. boomerang (flat curved airfoil)

Basque

Noun

bumerang

1. boomerang

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bum?ra?k]
• Hyphenation: bu?me?rang

Noun

bumerang m

1. boomerang

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From English boomerang, from Dharug bumariny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bum??ra?]
• Hyphenation: bu?mê?rang

Noun

bumêrang (first-person possessive bumerangku, second-person possessive bumerangmu, third-person possessive bumerangnya)

1. boomerang (flat curved airfoil)
2. (figuratively) occurrence of backfire (failure).

Further reading

• “bumerang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English boomerang, originally from a native Australian language.

Noun

bumerang m (definite singular bumerangen, indefinite plural bumeranger, definite plural bumerangene)

1. a boomerang

References

• “bumerang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English boomerang

Noun

bumerang m (definite singular bumerangen, indefinite plural bumerangar, definite plural bumerangane)

1. a boomerang

References

• “bumerang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English boomerang, from Dharug bumariny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?m?.rank/

Noun

bumerang m inan

1. boomerang (flat curved airfoil)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) bumerangowy

Further reading

• bumerang in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bumerang in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French boumerang

Noun

bumerang n (plural bumeranguri)

1. boomerang

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bumerank]

Noun

bumerang m (genitive singular bumerangu, nominative plural bumerangy, genitive plural bumerangov, declension pattern of dub)

1. boomerang

Declension

References

• bumerang in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bumerán

Noun

bumerang m (plural bumerangs)

1. boomerang

Swedish

Noun

bumerang c

1. boomerang; a type of hunting weapon

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug bumariny.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bu?m??æ?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bum??æ?/
• Hyphenation: boo?me?rang

Noun

boomerang (plural boomerangs)

1. A flat curved airfoil, that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, that was originally used in various parts of the world as hunting weapons or, in returnable types, for sports or training.
   • 1884, Andrew Lang, Star Myths in Custom and Myth,

     Some resemblance to terrestrial things, it is true, everyone can behold in the heavens. Corona, for example, is like a crown, or, as the Australian black fellows know, it is like a boomerang, and we can understand why they give it the name of that curious curved missile.

   • 1961, Charlie Drake, song, My Boomerang Won't Come Back,

     "Don't worry, boy, I know the trick, / And to you I'm gonna show it. / If you want your boomerang to come back, / Well first you've got to... throw it."

2. A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on his or her hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.
3. (Australian rules football, rugby) A boomerang kick.

Synonyms

• kylie

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• frisbee
• woomera

Verb

boomerang (third-person singular simple present boomerangs, present participle boomeranging, simple past and past participle boomeranged)

1. (intransitive) To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire.
   • 1882 March 7, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters,

     "Well, there must be some flaw about this," I suggested. "If your magnet is so strong as all that, you would have your own broadside boomeranging back upon you."

   • 1899 November, "Showin' Off" in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 99, Number 594,

     "Oh," they yelled, "you could, eh? Well, let's see you do it, then! Let's see you do it! Let's see you do it! Now!" In a moment the crew of little spectators were gibing at Horace. The blow that would make Jimmie's humiliation complete! Instead, it had boomeranged Horace into the mud.

   • 1985 February 2, Ronald Reagan, Presidential Radio Address,

     Our future economic success depends on the economy growing faster than government spending. That's why raising taxes would boomerang. Economic growth would slow, revenues would decline, and the budget deficit would swell.

2. (intransitive) To travel in a curved path.
   • 1894, Henry Lawson, The Mystery of Dave Regan in Short Stories in Prose and Verse,

     He said that to the horse as it boomeranged off again and broke away through the scrub.

See also

• bounce back

Further reading

• Discussion of the history of the etymology of the term on the Transient Languages & Cultures blog

Anagrams

• boogerman

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English boomerang, from Dharug bumariny.

Noun

boomerang c (definite singular boomerangen, indefinite plural boomeranger, definite plural boomerangerne)

1. a boomerang

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English boomerang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum.????/

Noun

boomerang m (plural boomerangs)

1. boomerang

Further reading

• “boomerang” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bumerán, bumerang

Noun

boomerang m (plural boomerangs)

1. boomerang