bomba
French, verb/bɔ̃.ba/
bomba is spelled B-O-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bomba is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of bomber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bomba mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of bomber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre Musical et danse développé à la fin du XVIIᵉ siècle à Porto Rico par les descendants d’esclaves afroportoricain, en particulier dans les plantations des plaines côtières
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce bomba?
- /bɔ̃.ba/
- \bom.ba\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bomba in French?
bomba appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).