bombé
See also: bombe, bomb, Bombe, and bombë
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bombé.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒmbeɪ/, /bɒmˈbeɪ/
Adjective
bombé (not comparable)
- (especially of furniture) Featuring a protruding convex bulge.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 283:
- The bombé writing-desk had brass inlay and a marble top, a Bartlett print of Lord Byron's Childe Harold hung above the pristine twin beds.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 283:
References
- “‖bombé, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
French
Etymology
From resemblance (e.g. of furniture) to the shape of a stereotypical bomb; i.e. rounded.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.be/
Adjective
bombé (feminine bombée, masculine plural bombés, feminine plural bombées)
- rounded, convex
Participle
bombé (feminine bombée, masculine plural bombés, feminine plural bombées)
- past participle of bomber
Further reading
- “bombé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
bombé (invariable)
- rounded
Anagrams
- Bembo