bombace

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English

Etymology

Old French

Noun

bombace (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) cotton; padding

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bombace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Bombax, from Medieval Latin bombax, alternative form of bambax (“cotton wool”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bomˈba.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Hyphenation: bom‧bà‧ce

Noun

bombace m (plural bombaci)

  1. bombax (plant of the Bombax genus)

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Further reading

  • bombace in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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