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bombe.

bomb (a device filled with explosives)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɔ̃b/
  1. bomb (a device filled with explosives)

    feminine
  2. aerosol (either the substance or the container)

    feminine
  3. a hottie, a bombshell

    colloquial · feminine
  4. globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy

    feminine
  5. ellipsis of bombe glacée (French ice cream dessert frozen in a spherical mould; literally, “ice cream bomb”, due to the cannonball shape)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  6. ellipsis of bombe météorologique, bombe météo, or bombe cyclonique

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a boom”).

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