plombe
See also: Plombe and plombé
Danish
Etymology
From French plomb, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plombə/, [ˈpʰlɔmb̥ə]
Noun
plombe c (singular definite plomben, plural indefinite plomber)
- lead seal
- (dentistry) filling
Inflection
Declension of plombe
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | plombe | plomben | plomber | plomberne |
| genitive | plombes | plombens | plombers | plombernes |
Related terms
- plombere (verb)
References
- “plombe” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
plombe f (plural plombes or plomben, diminutive plombetje n)
- lead seal
- (dentistry) filling
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɔ̃b/
- Homophones: plombent, plombes
Etymology 1
Deverbal from plomber (“to strike, sound”).
Noun
plombe f (plural plombes)
- (slang) full hour
- Synonym: heure
- (slang, by extension) ages, a long time
- Ca m'a pris une plombe de venir jusqu'ici.
- It took me ages to get here.
- 2008, Bastien Vivès, Le goût du chlore [A Taste of Chlorine], Casterman, →ISBN, page 37:
- Ha ! Ha ! Ça fait plaisir la petite piscine, une plombe que j'y étais pas allé.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
plombe
- inflection of plomber:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “plombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin plumbum, via French plomb.
Noun
plombe m (definite singular plomben, indefinite plural plomber, definite plural plombene)
- (dentistry) a filling
References
- “plombe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin plumbum, via French plomb.
Noun
plombe m (definite singular plomben, indefinite plural plombar, definite plural plombane)
- (dentistry) a filling
References
- “plombe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.