bom
Afrikaans
/bɔm/
noun
Definitions
- bomb, explosive
- (figurative) bombshell something sensational, amazing or controversial
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bom (bomb, bung) derived from French bombe.
Origin
French
bombe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bomb English
- bombe English
- Bombe German
- bomba Italian
- atoombom Dutch, Flemish
- autobom Dutch, Flemish
- bermbom Dutch, Flemish
- bom Dutch, Flemish
- bomaanslag Dutch, Flemish
- bombeen Dutch, Flemish
- bombrief Dutch, Flemish
- bommelding Dutch, Flemish
- bommenwerper Dutch, Flemish
- bomvliegtuig Dutch, Flemish
- bomvol Dutch, Flemish
- bomvrij Dutch, Flemish
- brandbom Dutch, Flemish
- clusterbom Dutch, Flemish
- dieptebom Dutch, Flemish
- homobom Dutch, Flemish
- hormonenbom Dutch, Flemish
- kernbom Dutch, Flemish
- kneedbom Dutch, Flemish
- luchtbom Dutch, Flemish
- mortierbom Dutch, Flemish
- napalmbom Dutch, Flemish
- neutronenbom Dutch, Flemish
- rookbom Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwbom Dutch, Flemish
- stinkbom Dutch, Flemish
- testosteronbom Dutch, Flemish
- tijdbom Dutch, Flemish
- vatbom Dutch, Flemish
- vatenbom Dutch, Flemish
- vliegtuigbom Dutch, Flemish
- waterbom Dutch, Flemish
- waterstofbom Dutch, Flemish
- weerbom Dutch, Flemish
- bombe French
- bombe cyclonique French
- bomber French
- bomba Polish
- bombe Danish
- bombă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bom Indonesian
- bomwerper Afrikaans
- waterstof Afrikaans
- waterstofbom Afrikaans
- werper Afrikaans
- బాంబు Telugu
- bom Vietnamese
- Bomm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch