Lombard

• Lumbard, Lumbar
• (cannon): lombard

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 *langabardaz from 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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒmbɑːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/

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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, Italy.
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.

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.

Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

1. Of, from or relating to Lombardy, Italy.

• Lombard language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lombard terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lombard, lmo ⁠

Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

1. Lombard (native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy) (usually male)