boom

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• Received-Pronunciation, Wales: /buːm/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /bʉwm/
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• US: /bum/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /bʉːm/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /bʉm/
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• rhymes with -uːm
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• /boʊm/
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• rhymes with -oʊm
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• CMU ARPABET: B UW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.

Borrowed from Dutch boom (“tree; pole”). Doublet of beam.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бум (bum) — sound of explosion
• Chinese Mandarin: 砰 (pēng) — sound of explosion
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘭 (pēng) — sound of explosion
• Dutch: boem — sound of explosion
• Dutch: kaboem — sound of explosion
• Esperanto: bum — sound of explosion
• Finnish: pum — sound of explosion
• French: boum — sound of explosion
• Galician: pum — sound of explosion
• Galician: bum — sound of explosion
• German: Bumm — sound of explosion
• Greek: μπαμ (bam) — sound of explosion
• Greek: μπουμ (boum) — sound of explosion
• Hindi: बूम (būm) — sound of explosion
• Hungarian: bumm — sound of explosion
• Korean: 펑 (peong) — sound of explosion
• Korean: 쾅 (kwang) — sound of explosion
• Macedonian: бам (bam) — sound of explosion
• Macedonian: бум (bum) — sound of explosion
• Māori: hū — sound of explosion
• Māori: pakū — sound of explosion
• Polish: bum — sound of explosion
• Polish: bach — sound of explosion
• Portuguese: bum — sound of explosion
• Romanian: bum — sound of explosion
• Russian: бах (bax) — sound of explosion
• Russian: бух (bux) — sound of explosion
• Russian: бац (bac) — sound of explosion
• Russian: бабах (babax) — sound of explosion
• Spanish: bum — sound of explosion
• Spanish: pum — sound of explosion
• Spanish: pun — sound of explosion
• Spanish: plum — sound of explosion
• Swedish: smäll — sound of explosion
• Swedish: bom — sound of explosion
• Tày: bồm bồm — sound of explosion
• Thai: บึ้ม (bʉ̂m) — sound of explosion
• Thai: ตูม (dtuum) — sound of explosion
• Vietnamese: bùm — sound of explosion
• Vietnamese: đùng — sound of explosion
• Bulgarian: бумтеж (bumtež) — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Bulgarian: бръмчене (brǎmčene) — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Dutch: boem — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Finnish: pamaus — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Finnish: pauke — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Finnish: pamautus — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• French: boum — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• German: Dröhnen — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Hebrew: בּוּם (bum) — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Irish: tormán — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Macedonian: татнеж (tatnež) — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Māori: pakō — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Polish: grzmot — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Polish: huk — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Portuguese: estrondo — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Romanian: bubuit — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Romanian: detunătură — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Russian: гул (gul) — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Russian: ро́кот (rókot) — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Spanish: bum — abrupt, low-pitched sound
• Dutch: boom — rapid expansion or increase
• Estonian: buum — rapid expansion or increase
• Finnish: buumi — rapid expansion or increase
• German: Boom — rapid expansion or increase
• Macedonian: бум (bum) — rapid expansion or increase
• Russian: бум (bum) — rapid expansion or increase
• Ukrainian: бум (bum) — rapid expansion or increase
• Māori: hū — one of the calls of certain species of birds
• Bulgarian: бум (bum) — period of prosperity
• Bulgarian: разцве́т (razcvét) — period of prosperity
• Catalan: boom — period of prosperity
• Chinese Mandarin: 景氣繁榮 /景气繁荣 (jǐngqì fánróng) — period of prosperity
• Chinese Mandarin: 景氣 /景气 (jǐngqì) — period of prosperity
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁榮 /繁荣 (fánróng) — period of prosperity
• Dutch: hausse — period of prosperity
• Dutch: hoogconjunctuur — period of prosperity
• Esperanto: haŭso — period of prosperity
• Finnish: korkeasuhdanne — period of prosperity
• Finnish: nousukausi — period of prosperity
• Finnish: buumi — period of prosperity
• French: boom — period of prosperity
• German: Aufschwung — period of prosperity
• German: Boom — period of prosperity
• Hungarian: gradáció — period of prosperity
• Icelandic: góðæri — period of prosperity
• Irish: borradh trádála — period of prosperity
• Japanese: ブーム (būmu) — period of prosperity
• Korean: 붐 (bum) — period of prosperity
• Macedonian: процут (procut) — period of prosperity
• Macedonian: бум (bum) — period of prosperity
• Macedonian: развој (razvoj) — period of prosperity
• Macedonian: расцвет (rascvet) — period of prosperity
• Macedonian: расцут (rascut) — period of prosperity
• Polish: boom — period of prosperity
• Portuguese: boom — period of prosperity
• Romanian: avânt — period of prosperity
• Romanian: prosperitate — period of prosperity
• Russian: бум (bum) — period of prosperity
• Russian: расцве́т (rascvét) — period of prosperity
• Russian: подъём (podʺjóm) — period of prosperity
• Spanish: boom — period of prosperity
• Spanish: bonanza — period of prosperity
• Spanish: auge — period of prosperity
• Swedish: boom — period of prosperity
• Swedish: högkonjunktur — period of prosperity
• Swedish: hausse — period of prosperity
• Bulgarian: гик (gik) — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Dutch: giek — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Estonian: poom — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Finnish: puomi — spar extending the foot of a sail
• French: bôme — spar extending the foot of a sail
• German: Baum — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Hebrew: מָנוֹר (manor) — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Irish: crann scóide — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Irish: bum — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Irish: bumaile — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Italian: boma — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Māori: kotokoto — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Marshallese: buum̧ — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Norman: bôme — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Polish: bom — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Portuguese: retranca — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̑м — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Serbo-Croatian: ланти́на — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Serbo-Croatian: деблѐњак — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Serbo-Croatian: bȗm — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Serbo-Croatian: lantína — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Serbo-Croatian: deblènjak — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Swedish: bom — spar extending the foot of a sail
• Bulgarian: стойка (stojka) — support for microphone or camera
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑杆 — support for microphone or camera
• Esperanto: microphona bastono — support for microphone or camera
• French: perche — support for microphone or camera
• Māori: kauwhanga — support for microphone or camera
• Bulgarian: стрела (strela) — horizontal member of a crane
• Finnish: puomi — horizontal member of a crane
• French: mat — horizontal member of a crane
• French: hausse — horizontal member of a crane
• German: Ausleger — horizontal member of a crane
• Irish: búm — horizontal member of a crane
• Māori: huapae — horizontal member of a crane
• Portuguese: lança — horizontal member of a crane
• Russian: стрела́ (strelá) — horizontal member of a crane
• Swedish: bom — horizontal member of a crane
• Tagalog: duklay — horizontal member of a crane
• Bulgarian: плаващ бараж (plavašt baraž) — floating barrier
• Finnish: puomi — floating barrier
• Russian: бон (bon) — floating barrier
• Swedish: läns — floating barrier
• Swedish: länsa — floating barrier
• Russian: брус (brus) — gymnastics balance beam used in an obstacle course
• Finnish: puomi — piece of windsurfing equipment
• Polish: bom — piece of windsurfing equipment
• Bulgarian: гърмя (gǎrmja) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Bulgarian: буча (buča) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Dutch: dreunen — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Dutch: donderen — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Esperanto: tondri — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: jyrähdellä — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: jyristä — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: jyrähtää — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: jysähdellä — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: jysähtää — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: paukahdella — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: paukkua — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Finnish: paukahtaa — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Galician: estoupar — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Galician: estourar — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Macedonian: грми (grmi) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Macedonian: ечи (eči) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Māori: pahū — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Māori: papā — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Māori: hū — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Māori: pakō — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smella — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smala — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Portuguese: estrondear — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Portuguese: ribombar — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Russian: рокота́ть (rokotátʹ) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Russian: грохота́ть (groxotátʹ) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Russian: громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Russian: гуде́ть (gudétʹ) — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Sicilian: ribbummari — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Swedish: dåna — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Vietnamese: nổ bùm — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Vietnamese: nổ đùng — to make a loud, resonant sound
• Bulgarian: буча (buča) — to speak with low pitch
• Bulgarian: боботя (bobotja) — to speak with low pitch
• Dutch: dreunen — to speak with low pitch
• Finnish: jyristä — to speak with low pitch
• German: dröhnen — to speak with low pitch
• Spanish: retumbar — to speak with low pitch
• Swedish: dåna — to speak with low pitch
• Bulgarian: процъфтявам (procǎftjavam) — to be prosperous
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁荣 (fánróng) — to be prosperous
• Dutch: bloeien — to be prosperous
• Dutch: floreren — to be prosperous
• Dutch: boomen — to be prosperous
• Esperanto: haŭsi — to be prosperous
• Finnish: kukoistaa — to be prosperous
• French: prospérer — to be prosperous
• German: blühen — to be prosperous
• German: florieren — to be prosperous
• German: boomen — to be prosperous
• Hungarian: túlszaporodás — to be prosperous
• Hungarian: gradáció — to be prosperous
• Macedonian: цути (cuti) — to be prosperous
• Polish: prosperować — to be prosperous
• Portuguese: florescer — to be prosperous
• Portuguese: prosperar — to be prosperous
• Russian: процвета́ть (procvetátʹ) — to be prosperous
• Ukrainian: процвіта́ти (procvitáty) — to be prosperous
• Finnish: paukuttaa — to make something boom
• Finnish: paukauttaa — to make something boom
• Finnish: jyräyttää — to make something boom
• Finnish: jysäyttää — to make something boom
• Russian: грохнуть (groxnutʹ) — to make something boom
• Russian: грохнул (groxnul) — to make something boom
• Russian: бахать (baxatʹ) — to make something boom
• Russian: бабахать (babaxatʹ) — to make something boom