boum
French
Etymology
Imitative. The spelling variant boom is borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bum/
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Interjection
boum
- boom (sound of explosion)
Noun
boum f (plural boums)
- dance event
Derived terms
- surboum
Further reading
- “boum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Alternative forms
- bovum, boverum
Noun
boum
- genitive plural of bōs
Old High German
Alternative forms
- poum, paum
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baum, whence also Old English bēam.
Noun
boum m (plural bouma)
- tree, beam
Declension
Declension of boum (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | boum | bouma |
accusative | boum | bouma |
genitive | boumes | boumo |
dative | boume | boumum |
instrumental | boumu | — |
Derived terms
- affaltarboum
- askboum
- fizziboum
- garnboum
- geizboum
- griozboum
- sefinboum
- selbboum
- skaltboum
- sporahboum
Descendants
- Middle High German: boum
- Alemannic German: Baaum, Bum, Baim, Baum, Boum
- Swabian: Boum, Boom
- Walser: böim, baum, bem
- Bavarian: Bam, paam, pame
- Cimbrian: póom, puam, pome
- Mòcheno: pa'm
- Central Franconian: Boom, Baam, Baum, Boum
- Hunsrik: Baam
- Luxembourgish: Bam
- Transylvanian Saxon: bum
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: Baam
- Upper Saxon: Boom, Baam
- Vilamovian: baojm, boum
- East Franconian: Baam, Bääm
- German: Baum
- Rhine Franconian: Baam
- Pennsylvania German: Baam
- Palatine German: Baam
- Yiddish: בוים (boym)
- Alemannic German: Baaum, Bum, Baim, Baum, Boum
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈum/
Noun
boum (nominative plural boums)
- bomb
Declension
declension of boum
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | boum | boums |
genitive | bouma | boumas |
dative | boume | boumes |
accusative | boumi | boumis |
vocative 1 | o boum! | o boums! |
predicative 2 | boumu | boumus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only