bombardier
French, noun/bɔ̃.baʁ.dje/
bombardier is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bombardier is a French masculine noun meaning “bomber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Artilleur qui lance des bombes”.
What does bombardier mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineartilleryman, bombardier
- 2
masculinebomber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Artilleur qui lance des bombes. 2. Désignation du grade d’un membre d’un régiment d’artillerie détenant le grade de caporal. 3. Aviateur chargé du largage des bombes. 4. Avion de guerre chargé de larguer des bombes.
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 bombardier
- bombardiers plural
- bombardière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bombardier?
- /bɔ̃.baʁ.dje/
- \bɔ̃.baʁ.dje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bombardier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bombardier in French?
bombardier appears 4.7 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).