Bomber — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight

a person who plants bombs

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹdhoʊldɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈʌmbəlkˌaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈʌmbəlkˌaɪt/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹdhoʊldɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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Word Forms

bomb

verb

throw bombs at or attack with bombs

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

bombardier

un avion militaire qui largue des bombes pendant le vol

🇪🇸Spanish

bombardeo

un avión militar que lanza bombas durante el vuelo

🇮🇹Italian

bombardiere

un aereo militare che sgancia bombe durante il volo

🇳🇱Dutch

bommenwerper

een militair vliegtuig dat tijdens de vlucht bommen laat vallen

🇵🇹Portuguese

bombardeiro

um avião militar que lança bombas durante o vôo

🇷🇺Russian

бомбардировщик

военный самолет, сбрасывающий бомбы во время полета

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बमवर्षक

एक सैन्य विमान जो उड़ान के दौरान बम गिराता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বোমারু বিমান

একটি সামরিক বিমান যা ফ্লাইটের সময় বোমা ফেলে

🇮🇳Tamil

குண்டுதாரி

பறக்கும் போது குண்டுகளை வீசும் இராணுவ விமானம்

🇮🇳Telugu

బాంబర్

ఫ్లైట్ సమయంలో బాంబులు వేసే సైనిక విమానం

🇮🇳Marathi

बॉम्बर

एक लष्करी विमान जे उड्डाण दरम्यान बॉम्ब टाकते

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોમ્બર

લશ્કરી વિમાન જે ઉડાન દરમિયાન બોમ્બ ફેંકે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಾಂಬರ್

ಹಾರಾಟದ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಂಬ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಬೀಳಿಸುವ ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ವಿಮಾನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോംബർ

പറക്കുന്നതിനിടയിൽ ബോംബുകൾ എറിയുന്ന ഒരു സൈനിക വിമാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੰਬਾਰ

ਇੱਕ ਫੌਜੀ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਜੋ ਉਡਾਣ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਬੰਬ ਸੁੱਟਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بمبار

ایک فوجی طیارہ جو پرواز کے دوران بم گراتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

轰炸机

在飞行过程中投掷炸弹的军用飞机

🇯🇵Japanese

爆撃機

飛行中に爆弾を投下する軍用機

🇰🇷Korean

마리화나 담배

비행 중에 폭탄을 투하하는 군용 항공기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

máy bay ném bom

máy bay quân sự thả bom khi đang bay

🇹🇭Thai

เครื่องบินทิ้งระเบิด

เครื่องบินทหารที่ทิ้งระเบิดระหว่างการบิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pembom

sebuah pesawat militer yang menjatuhkan bom selama penerbangan

🇵🇭Filipino

bombero

isang sasakyang panghimpapawid ng militar na bumabagsak ng mga bomba habang lumilipad

🇲🇾Malay

pengebom

pesawat tentera yang menjatuhkan bom semasa penerbangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مفجر

طائرة عسكرية تقوم بإسقاط القنابل أثناء الطيران

🇮🇷Persian

بمب افکن

یک هواپیمای نظامی که در حین پرواز بمب می اندازد

🇹🇷Turkish

bombardıman uçağı

uçuş sırasında bomba atan askeri uçak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַפצִיץ

מטוס צבאי שמטיל פצצות במהלך טיסה

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