bomba
Polish
noun
Definitions
- bomb
- an electromechanical machine used to break the German Enigma cipher.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bombe derived from Italian bomba derived from Latin bombus (a booming sound, a boom, noise, a humming buzzing) derived from Ancient Greek βόμβος (booming, buzzing, humming, deep hollow noise, a boom).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βόμβος
Gloss
booming, buzzing, humming, deep hollow noise, a boom
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bomb English
- bombe English
- bombus Latin
- Atombombe German
- Autobombe German
- Bombe German
- Bombenerfolg German
- Bombenleger German
- Bombenmantel German
- Brandbombe German
- Briefbombe German
- Fassbombe German
- Nagelbombe German
- Neutronenbombe German
- Paketbombe German
- Rohrbombe German
- Uranbombe German
- Wasserbombe German
- Wasserstoffbombe German
- Zeitbombe German
- bombensicher German
- bomba Hungarian
- autobomba Italian
- bomba Italian
- bombarda Italian
- superbomba Italian
- telebomba Italian
- bom Dutch, Flemish
- bombe French
- bombe cyclonique French
- bomber French
- bondir French
- бомба Russian
- bomba Spanish, Castilian
- bombilla Spanish, Castilian
- bombo Spanish, Castilian
- βόμβος Ancient Greek
- bomba Portuguese
- ボンベ Japanese
- bombe Danish
- bomba Catalan, Valencian
- bombă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- βόμβος Greek (modern)
- bomba Turkish
- బాంబు Telugu
- bom Vietnamese
- Bomm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bombarde Middle French
- bomba Maltese