From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals.
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bimbo (plural bimbos or bimboes)
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Borrowed from English bimbo, from Italian bimbo.
bimbo f (plural bimbo's, diminutive bimbootje n)
From English bimbo, from Italian bimbo.
bimbo (colloquial, derogatory)
Inflection of bimbo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bimbo | bimbot | ||
genitive | bimbon | bimbojen | ||
partitive | bimboa | bimboja | ||
illative | bimboon | bimboihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bimbo | bimbot | ||
accusative | nom. | bimbo | bimbot | |
gen. | bimbon | |||
genitive | bimbon | bimbojen | ||
partitive | bimboa | bimboja | ||
inessive | bimbossa | bimboissa | ||
elative | bimbosta | bimboista | ||
illative | bimboon | bimboihin | ||
adessive | bimbolla | bimboilla | ||
ablative | bimbolta | bimboilta | ||
allative | bimbolle | bimboille | ||
essive | bimbona | bimboina | ||
translative | bimboksi | bimboiksi | ||
abessive | bimbotta | bimboitta | ||
instructive | — | bimboin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Variant of bambino (“child”).
bimbo m (plural bimbi, feminine bimba, diminutive bimbétto or bimbìno, augmentative bimbóne)
From English bimbo, from Italian.
bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboer, definite plural bimboene)
From English bimbo, from Italian.
bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboar, definite plural bimboane)
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bimbo c
Declension of bimbo | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bimbo | bimbon | bimbos, bimbon | bimborna |
Genitive | bimbos | bimbons | bimbos, bimbons | bimbornas |