Polyglot Dictionary

Plombe

/ˈplɔmbə/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Plomben

Meaning

  1. filling, seal

    • Der Zahn hat eine Plombe.

      The tooth has a filling.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Füllung

Plombe specifically means a dental filling, and also separately means an official lead seal on a document; Füllung is more general, like a pie filling or a dental filling too.

Practice

1 What does Plombe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Zahn hat eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Plombe?

noun

Last updated