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Webster 1913 Edition


Bom

Bom

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bom

BOM

,
Noun.
A large serpent found in America, of a harmless nature, and remarkable for uttering a sound like bom.

Definition 2024


bom

bom

See also: BOM, BoM, bôm, bờm, and bơm

Danish

Noun

bom c (singular definite bommen, plural indefinite bomme)

  1. bar, tollbar
  2. barrier (rail)
  3. beam
  4. boom

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.

Noun

bom f, m (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. bomb

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of bomschuit.

Noun

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch bom.

Noun

bom

  1. bomb

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Baum or German Low German Boom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔm/

Noun

bom m (diminutive bomk)

  1. tree
    • 2011 September 27, I. Neumannojc, "Sadowe bomy za derjeměśe luźa a natury", Nowy Casnik:
      Sadowe bomy w burskich gumnach a teke na dwórach su typiske za naš region.
      Fruit trees in farmers’ gardens and even in courtyards are typical for our region.

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bom.

Noun

bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommer, definite plural bommene)

  1. a boom (for a sail, crane, microphone etc.)
  2. a barrier (at a railway crossing etc.)
  3. a beam (in gymnastics: balance beam)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bom.

Noun

bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommar, definite plural bommane)

  1. a boom (as above)
  2. a barrier (as above)
  3. a beam (as above)

References


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Noun

bōm m

  1. a tree

Declension


Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal)
  • bão (Eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus (good).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bom (feminine boa, masculine plural bons, feminine plural boas)

  1. good

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bom.

Antonyms

Interjection

bom

  1. well, very well

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bom.

Related terms

See also


Slovene

Verb

bom

  1. first-person singular future form of biti.

Swedish

Noun

bom c

  1. barrier (rail)
  2. miss, failure to hit
  3. boom (sail)

Declension

Inflection of bom 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bom bommen bommar bommarna
Genitive boms bommens bommars bommarnas

Synonyms


Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French bombe

Noun

(classifier quả) bom

  1. bomb

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French pomme; the phoneme /p/ is changed into /ɓ/ as it is not a native onset consonant

Noun

(classifier quả) bom

  1. (dated) apple
Synonyms

Volapük

Noun

bom (plural boms)

  1. bone

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • kap (kapik)
  • kapadol (kapadolik)
  • kekun (kekunik)
  • koap (koapik)
  • kontag (kontagik, kontagön)
  • kop (kopik)
  • küid (küidik)
  • lad (ladik)
  • lil (lilik)
  • lilasien
  • lueg (luegik)
  • natem (natemik)
  • natemam (natemamik)
  • natemön
  • nud (nudik)
  • nük (nükik)
  • rib (ribik)
  • särvig (särvigik)
  • sen (senik)
  • sien (sienik)
  • siül (siülik)
  • slug (slugik)
  • slugamügdal (slugamügdalik)
  • smeilasien (smeilön)
  • smekasien (smekön, (äs))
  • surad (suradik)
  • tämep (tämepik)
  • tästig (tästigik)
  • vein (veinik)
  • vesid (vesidik)
  • bäkavireb (bäkavirebik, vireb)
  • ziöb (ziöbik)

References

  • SARMENTO, Leila Lauar. Gramática em textos. 2nd edition. São Paulo, Brazil: Moderna, 2005.