bombe

French

noun
Definitions
  • bomb (a device filled with explosives)
  • aerosol (either the substance or the container)
  • (colloquial) a hottie, a bombshell
  • globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy
  • bombe glacée, a frozen dessert consisting of two or more different kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bomba derived from Latin bombus (a booming sound, a boom, noise, a humming buzzing).

Origin

Latin

bombus

Gloss

a booming sound, a boom, noise, a humming buzzing

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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