bobine

Probably from Latin balbus because of the noise it made.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.bin/

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bobine f (plural bobines)

1. bobbin
2. reel, spool
3. drum
4. coil
5. (automotive) ellipsis of bobine d'allumage (“ignition coil”)
6. (colloquial) head, noggin; face

   Synonym: visage

   • 2016, Jacques Tardi, Dominique Grange, Le dernier assaut, Bruxelles, Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 14:

     Dis donc, t'as pas l'air dans ton assiette, camarade… Tu as la bobine d'un zigue qu'aurait pas la conscience tranquille…

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• bobine d'allumage (“ignition coil, spark coil”)
• bobine de Ruhmkorff

bobine

1. inflection of bobiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

bobine

1. inflection of bobinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

bobine f pl

1. plural of bobina

• nebbio

• Hyphenation: bo‧bi‧ne

bobine f (plural bobines)

1. alternative form of bobina

bobine

1. inflection of bobinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

bobine

1. inflection of bobinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative