bombardier
Bom·bar·dier/ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/noun
bombardier is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-I-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables (Bom·bar·dier). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bombardier means “A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bombardier is bombardiers.
How many letters and syllables are in bombardier?
| Letters | 10: B-O-M-B-A-R-D-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: Bom·bar·dier |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bombardier?
Bombardier appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bombardier?
- US /ˌbɑm.bɚˈdɪɚ/
- UK /ˌbɒm.bəˈdɪə/
Bombardier has 3 syllables, split Bom·bar·dier in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bombardier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bombardier?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bombardier from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bombardier
- bombardiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bombardier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
- 2
CanadaUKA non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
Wikipedia: Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branc
- 3
An artilleryman; a gunner.
- 4
A bombardier beetle.
noun
- 1
CanadaAn enclosed passenger vehicle, propelled over snow and ice by caterpillar tracks and steered by skis, whose actual original product name was Auto-Neige™/Snowmobile™, made by Bombardier Ltée.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bombardier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bomber crew member:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bombenschütze, Bombenschützin |
| Portuguese | bombardeador, bombardeadora |
| Spanish | bombardeador, bombardeadora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bombardier come from?
Partly borrowed from Italian bombardiere, from bombarda + -iere, and partly from Middle French bombardier, from bombard + -ier. By surface analysis, bombard + -ier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).