Lombard

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Etymology

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz +‎ *bardaz; equivalent to long +‎ beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Lombard (plural Lombards)

  1. (historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.
    Synonym: Langobard
  2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
  3. (rare) A banker or moneylender.
  4. (obsolete) A Lombard house.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns
  5. (military, historical) A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.

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Proper noun

Lombard (countable and uncountable, plural Lombards)

  1. A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
  2. (countable) A surname originating as an ethnonym.
  3. A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Lombard

Translations

Adjective

Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

  1. Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

Further reading

French

Noun

Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

  1. Lombard (resident or native of Lombardy)
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