bombarde

See also: bombardé, and Bombarde

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).

Noun

bombarde f (plural bombardes)

1. (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
2. a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls
3. (Réunion) a rustic beehive made from a hollow trunk

Derived terms

• bois de bombarde
• bombarder

 

Descendants

• → Italian: bombarda

Etymology 2

Verb

bombarde

1. inflection of bombarder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

bombarde

1. plural of bombarda