plombe

From French plomb, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”).

• IPA^(key): /plombə/, [ˈpʰlɔmb̥ə]

plombe c (singular definite plomben, plural indefinite plomber)

1. lead seal
2. (dentistry) filling

• plombere (verb)

• “plombe” in Den Danske Ordbog

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plombe f (plural plombes or plomben, diminutive plombetje n)

1. lead seal
2. (dentistry) filling

• IPA^(key): /plɔ̃b/
• Homophones: plombent, plombes

Deverbal from plomber (“to strike, sound”).

plombe f (plural plombes)

1. (slang) full hour

   Synonym: heure

2. (slang, by extension) ages, a long time

   Ca m'a pris une plombe de venir jusqu'ici.

   It took me ages to get here.

   • 2008, Bastien Vivès, Le goût du chlore [A Taste of Chlorine], Casterman, →ISBN, page 37:

     Ha ! Ha ! Ça fait plaisir la petite piscine, une plombe que j'y étais pas allé.

     Ha ha! I like the swimming pool; it's ages since I've been.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plombe

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

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

From Latin plumbum, via French plomb.

plombe m (definite singular plomben, indefinite plural plomber, definite plural plombene)

1. (dentistry) a filling

• “plombe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin plumbum, via French plomb.

plombe m (definite singular plomben, indefinite plural plombar, definite plural plombane)

1. (dentistry) a filling

• “plombe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.