"bob" meaning in French

See bob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɔb/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-bob.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bob.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-bob.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Touam-bob.wav [France] (note: Saint-Étienne), LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-bob.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: bobs [plural]
Etymology: From the English personal name Bob, used to designate light infantrymen, and probably introduced into French during the First World War. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|en|-}} English Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bob m (plural bobs)
  1. bucket hat, fishing hat Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bob-fr-noun-Pt-4tiOx Categories (other): Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 3 2 3 1 1 2 6 1 0 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 4 0 1 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 3 0 0 2 7 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /bɔb/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-bob.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bob.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-bob.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Touam-bob.wav [France] (note: Saint-Étienne), LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-bob.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: bobs [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bob m (plural bobs)
  1. (Belgium) designated driver, DD Tags: Belgium, masculine
    Sense id: en-bob-fr-noun-OpiT2FOh Categories (other): Belgian French, Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 3 2 3 1 1 2 6 1 0 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 4 0 1 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 3 0 0 2 7 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0

Inflected forms

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}

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