bombard

== English == === Pronunciation === Verb: (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbɒmˈbɑːd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/, /bəmˈbɑɹd/ Noun: (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”). The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde. ==== Noun ==== bombard (plural bombards) A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. (obsolete) A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument. (obsolete) A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle. (poetic, rare) A bombardment. (music) A bombardon. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From French bombarder, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”). ==== Verb ==== bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded) To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles. (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them. (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone) (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms. ===== Synonyms ===== bomb ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === bumbard === Etymology === From Middle French bombarde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbumbard/ === Noun === bombard (plural bombardes) (Late Middle English) cannon, bombard ==== Descendants ==== English: bombard Scots: bombard ==== References ==== “bǒmbard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.