boomerang
French, noun/bum.ʁɑ̃ɡ/
boomerang is spelled B-O-O-M-E-R-A-N-G (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boomerang is a French masculine noun meaning “boomerang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arme d’attaque directe ou indirecte de vols d’oiseaux, apte à revenir à son lanceur si elle ne touche rien”.
What does boomerang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboomerang
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arme d’attaque directe ou indirecte de vols d’oiseaux, apte à revenir à son lanceur si elle ne touche rien. 2. Jeu sportif où l’on lance un objet analogue. 3. Action qui se retourne contre son auteur.
noun: 1. Variante de boomerang.
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 boomerang
- boomerangs plural
- boumerang alternative
- boomérang
- boomérangs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boomerang?
- /bum.ʁɑ̃ɡ/
- /bu.mə.ʁɑ̃ɡ/
- \bum.ʁɑ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boomerang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boomerang in French?
boomerang appears 1.3 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).