different between number vs bomber

English

Alternative forms

• nummer (dialectal)
• numbre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ?etæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA^(key): /?n?mb?/
• (General American) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA^(key): /?n?mb?/
• Rhymes: -?mb?(?)
• Hyphenation: num?ber

Noun

number (plural numbers)

1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

2. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.

   Synonyms: scalar, (obsolete) rime

3. (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.

4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or ?). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

5. Quantity.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

     Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.

6. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

7. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
   • 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:

     “[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number?”

   • 2007, Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:

     When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number?” Well, I don’t give my number to guys I don’t know.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Marsha's work number is 555-8986.

8. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

   Synonym: numeral

9. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
10. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

11. (countable, informal) A person.
    • 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:

      I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number."

    • 1988, Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:

      "Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number, "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"

    • 2005, Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:

      He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.

12. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
    • 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:

      The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.

    • 2007, Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:

      "I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."

13. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
    • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:

      Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number, put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips […]

14. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.

    the latest number of a magazine

15. A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
    • 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette

      Despite last week's woes, the Braves still sport numbers that would make Christie Brinkley blush.

16. (informal, always indefinite) A large amount of damage

    • (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Descendants

Translations

Verb

number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)

1. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

   Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

2. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.

   I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

See also

• (grammatical numbers): singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural

References

• number on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• number among

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers

Etymology 2

From numb + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m'?, IPA^(key): /?n?m?/
• (US): enPR: n?m'?r, IPA^(key): /?n?m?/
• Hyphenation: num?ber

Adjective

number

1. comparative form of numb: more numb

Anagrams

• numbre, renumb

Estonian

Etymology

From German Nummer. The added -b- is analoguous to kamber and klamber.

Noun

number (genitive numbri, partitive numbrit)

1. number

Declension

Middle English

Noun

number

1. Alternative form of nombre

Papiamentu

Etymology

From English number.

An analogy of the Papiamentu word nòmber "name".

Noun

number

1. number

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?m??/
• Rhymes: -?m?(r)

Etymology 1

bomb +? -er

Noun

bomber (plural bombers)

1. (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
2. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
3. (clothing) Ellipsis of bomber jacket.
4. (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
5. 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, […]

6. (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)

1. (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)

1. firefighter (person whose job is to put out fires)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 45:

     Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!

     Run! Shout to the firefighters! Do it now!

Catalan

Etymology

bomba +? -er

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)

1. 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)

1. (rare) bomber (military aircraft dropping bombs)

   Synonym: bombefly

2. (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

1. indefinite plural of bombe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bomber

1. present tense of bombe

French

Etymology 1

bombe +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.be/

Verb

bomber

1. (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
2. (figuratively) to cower, to bend
3. (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
4. (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)

1. 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)

1. graffiti artist
2. goal scorer (football)
3. bomber jacket

Norman

Etymology

From English bomb + -er.

Verb

bomber (gerund bombéthie)

1. (Jersey) to bomb

Derived terms

• bombeux (“bomber”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bomber m or f

1. indefinite plural of bombe

Verb

bomber

1. present of bombe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bomber f

1. indefinite plural of bombe

Swedish

Noun

bomber

1. indefinite plural of bomb