boum
French, noun/bum/
boum is spelled B-O-U-M (4 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boum is a French feminine noun meaning “dance event, party” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit d’une explosion”.
What does boum mean in English?
interjection
- 1
boom (sound of explosion)
noun
- 1
datedfemininedance event, party
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Exprime le bruit sourd d’une explosion, du tambour ou des battements cardiaques. 2. Mot prononcé autrefois par les garçons de café lorsqu’ils servaient une consommation.
noun: 1. Bruit d’une explosion.
noun: 1. Fête accompagnée de musique, organisée par ou pour des adolescents et jeunes adultes.
noun: 1. Développement considérable ; grosse augmentation.
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 boum
- boums plural
- boom
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boum?
- /bum/
- \bum\
- [bum]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boum in French?
boum 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).