babyboom

From baby (“baby”) +‎ boom (“boom”), from English baby boom.

babyboom n (singular definite babyboomet, plural indefinite babyboom)

1. An increase in birth rate, a baby boom.
2. (singular only) Specifically the baby boom following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.
3. indefinite plural of babyboom

Borrowed from English baby boom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.biˌbuːm/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧by‧boom

babyboom m (plural babybooms, diminutive babyboompje n)

1. baby boom

• babyboomer

Borrowed from English baby boom.

• IPA^(key): /ba.bi.bum/, /be.bi.bum/

babyboom m (plural babybooms)

1. baby boom (post-World War II baby boom, 1946 to 1964)
2. baby boom (any large increase in births)

• “babyboom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.