boum

French

Etymology

Imitative. The spelling variant boom is borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/

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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.

Latin

Alternative forms

• bovum, boverum

Noun

(deprecated template usage) boum

1. 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)

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	—

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 German: Boom, Baam

    Vilamovian: baojm, boum

  • East Franconian: Baam, Bääm
  • German: Baum
  • Rhine Franconian: Baam

    Pennsylvania German: Baam

    Palatine German: Baam

  • Yiddish: בוים (boym)

Volapük

Pronunciation

• 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