bombe atomique
\bɔ̃.b‿a.tɔ.mik\
The verdict
“bombe atomique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arme nucléaire utilisant la fission nucléaire pour dégager de l’énergie sous forme de chaleur, de souffle et de rayonnements ionisants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bombe-atomique · bombe atomique · French
bombe atomique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bombe atomique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.b‿a.tɔ.mik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bombe atomique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃.b‿a.tɔ.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bombe atomique has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bombe atomique, spelled B-O-M-B-E- -A-T-O-M-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Arme nucléaire utilisant la fission nucléaire pour dégager de l’énergie sous forme de chaleur, de souffle et de rayonnements ionisants.
- 2Arme nucléaire, sans préjuger du mode fonctionnement (fusion ou fission).
- 3Femme très attirante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bombe atomique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le débat existe de savoir si les bombes atomiques lancées sur Hiroshima et Nagazaki en 1945 ont accéléré la reddition du Japon.
Comment aurait-il pu prévoir la fission, mais aussi la possibilité de construire des bombes atomiques ?
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.