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bomb

/ˈbɒm/BOM
/ˈbɑm/BAHM

Meaninga humming noise

Common meaning: an explosive device

Journey through time

  1. Latinbombus‘a humming noise’source
  2. Frenchbombesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa humming noise → an explosive devicebomb‘an explosive device’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin bombus ‘a humming noise’.

Roots

  • bombus Latin “a humming noise”

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