boum

French

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /bum/

Interjection

boum

1. boom (sound of explosion)

Noun

boum f (plural boums)

1. dance event

Derived terms

• surboum

Further reading

• “boum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) boum

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) genitive plural of bōs

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• poum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baumaz, whence also Old English bēam.

Noun

boum m (plural bouma)

1. 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	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: boum
  • Alemannic German: böim (Formazza), baum (Issime, Carcoforo)
  • Bavarian: Bam, paam (Timau), pame (Sappada, Sauris)
    • Cimbrian: puam (Luserna), póom (Sette Comuni), pome (Thirteen Communities)
  • East Franconian: Baam, Bääm
  • German: Baum
  • Luxembourgish: Bam
  • Pennsylvania German: Baam
  • Vilamovian: baojm
  • Yiddish: בוים (boym)

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /boˈum/

Noun

boum (nominative plural boums)

1. 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