Lombard

Lombard

See also: lombard

English

Alternative forms

• Lumbard, Lumbar
• (cannon): lombard

Etymology

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz +‎ *bardaz; equivalent to long +‎ beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Confer with Old English Longbeard (“Lombard”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒmbɑːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/

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Noun

Lombard (plural Lombards)

1. (historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

   Synonym: Langobard

2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
3. (rare) A banker or moneylender.
4. (obsolete) A Lombard house.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:

     a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns

5. (military, historical) A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.

Translations

member of a Germanic people

Catalan: llombard (ca) m, longobard m Chinese: Mandarin: 伦巴底人 (lúnbadǐrén),伦巴第人 (lúnbadìrén) Finnish: langobardi (fi) French: lombard (fr) m, longobard (fr) m German: Langobarde (de) m, Langobardin (de) f Hungarian: longobárd, langobárd Icelandic: Langbarði m Italian: longobardo (it) m Old English: Longbeard Old Norse: langbarðr Portuguese: lombardo (pt) m, langobardo m, longobardo m Russian: лангоба́рд (ru) m (langobárd) Spanish: lombardo (es) m, longobardo m Ukrainian: лангоба́рд m (lanhobárd), ломба́рд m (lombárd)

native of Lombardy

Armenian: լոմբարդացի (lombardacʿi) Catalan: llombard (ca) m Czech: Lombarďan m Finnish: lombardialainen (fi) French: lombard (fr) m German: Lombarde (de) m, Lombardin f Hungarian: lombardiai Italian: lombardo (it) m Portuguese: lombardo (pt) m Russian: ломба́рдец (ru) m (lombárdec) Spanish: lombardo (es) m Swedish: lombard (sv) c

banker or moneylender — see banker

Proper noun

Lombard (countable and uncountable, plural Lombards)

1. A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
2. (countable) A surname.
3. A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Lombard

• Lombard house
• Lombardism
• Lombard rate
• Lombardstown
• Lombard Street

Related terms

• Lombardy

 

Translations

language of Lombardy

Catalan: llombard (ca) m Finnish: lombardi (fi) French: lombard (fr) m Hungarian: lombard (hu) Italian: lombardo (it) m Lombard: lumbard, lumbàart, lumbaart Portuguese: lombardo (pt) m Russian: ломбардский (ru) (lombardskij) Swedish: lombardiska (sv)

Adjective

Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

1. Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

Further reading

• Lombard language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lombard terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lombard, lmo ⁠

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French

Noun

Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

1. Lombard (resident or native of Lombardy)