bombarde
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French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).
Noun[edit]
bombarde f (plural bombardes)
- (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
- a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls
- (Réunion) a rustic beehive made from a hollow trunk
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Italian: bombarda
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bombarde
- inflection of bombarder:
Further reading[edit]
- “bombarde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
bombarde