bombardement
French, noun/bɔ̃.baʁ.də.mɑ̃/
bombardement is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bombardement is a French masculine noun meaning “bombing, bombardment (action of setting off a bomb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de bombarder”.
What does bombardement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebombing, bombardment (action of setting off a bomb)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de bombarder. 2. Envoi d’une grande quantité de messages à un destinataire unique dans une intention malveillante. 3. Exposition d'un objet, en particulier de sa surface, à des espèces énergétiques provenant de l'environnement ou, volontairement, dans le cadre d'un procédé industriel ou d'une technique d'analyse.
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.
Forms of bombardement
- bombardements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bombardement?
- /bɔ̃.baʁ.də.mɑ̃/
- \bɔ̃.baʁ.də.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bombardement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bombardement in French?
bombardement appears 4.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).