# bimbo
## English
### Etymology

From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɪmbəʊ/
* (US) enPR: bĭm'bō, IPA: /ˈbɪmboʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪmbəʊ

### Noun

bimbo (plural bimbos or bimboes)
* (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence.
    Synonyms: airhead, bimbette, floozie
    Coordinate term: himbo
** [1972, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, Last Tango in Paris, spoken by Paul (Marlon Brando):Anyway, to make a long, dull story even duller, I come from a time when a guy like me used to come into a joint like this and pick up a young chick like you and… call her a ‘bimbo’.]
** a. 1992, P. J. O’Rourke, a sketch
    A bimbo is a woman who is not pretty enough to be a model, not smart enough to be an actress, and not nice enough to be a poisonous snake.
** 2004 May 3, Anthony Lane, “Looney Tunes”, in The New Yorker‎:[Tina] Fey […] makes hay with the thought processes of a purebred bimbo: […]
* (derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person.
** 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:And one had to remember that most of the bimbos to whom Roberta Wickham had been giving the bird through the years had been of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' type, fellows who had more or less shot their bolt after saying 'Eh, what?' and slapping their leg with a hunting crop.
** 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIII:Isn't he the bimbo who took the bread out of the mouths of the Thursday Review people? Chuck the blighter out of the window and we want to see him bounce.

#### Derived terms

* bimbette
* bimbocore
* bimbodom
* bimbo eruption
* bimboesque
* bimbofication
* bimbohood
* bimboish
* bimboism
* bimboy
* himbo
* mimbo
* thembo

#### Related terms

* bambino

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Words from Variety

### References

* 1 2 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bimbo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bimbo, from Italian bimbo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɪm.boː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bim‧bo

### Noun

bimbo f (plural bimbo's, diminutive bimbootje n)
* (derogatory) bimbo (unintelligent floozie)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bimbo, from Italian bimbo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbimbo/, [ˈbimbo̞]
* Rhymes: -imbo
* Hyphenation: bim‧bo

### Noun

bimbo (colloquial, derogatory)
* bimbo (moron)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bimbo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bimboni
bimboni
accusative
nom.
bimboni
bimboni
gen.
bimboni
genitive
bimboni
bimbojeni
partitive
bimboani
bimbojani
inessive
bimbossani
bimboissani
elative
bimbostani
bimboistani
illative
bimbooni
bimboihini
adessive
bimbollani
bimboillani
ablative
bimboltani
bimboiltani
allative
bimbolleni
bimboilleni
essive
bimbonani
bimboinani
translative
bimbokseni
bimboikseni
abessive
bimbottani
bimboittani
instructive
comitative
—bimboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bimbosi
bimbosi
accusative
nom.
bimbosi
bimbosi
gen.
bimbosi
genitive
bimbosi
bimbojesi
partitive
bimboasi
bimbojasi
inessive
bimbossasi
bimboissasi
elative
bimbostasi
bimboistasi
illative
bimboosi
bimboihisi
adessive
bimbollasi
bimboillasi
ablative
bimboltasi
bimboiltasi
allative
bimbollesi
bimboillesi
essive
bimbonasi
bimboinasi
translative
bimboksesi
bimboiksesi
abessive
bimbottasi
bimboittasi
instructive
comitative
—bimboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bimbomme
bimbomme
accusative
nom.
bimbomme
bimbomme
gen.
bimbomme
genitive
bimbomme
bimbojemme
partitive
bimboamme
bimbojamme
inessive
bimbossamme
bimboissamme
elative
bimbostamme
bimboistamme
illative
bimboomme
bimboihimme
adessive
bimbollamme
bimboillamme
ablative
bimboltamme
bimboiltamme
allative
bimbollemme
bimboillemme
essive
bimbonamme
bimboinamme
translative
bimboksemme
bimboiksemme
abessive
bimbottamme
bimboittamme
instructive
comitative
—bimboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bimbonne
bimbonne
accusative
nom.
bimbonne
bimbonne
gen.
bimbonne
genitive
bimbonne
bimbojenne
partitive
bimboanne
bimbojanne
inessive
bimbossanne
bimboissanne
elative
bimbostanne
bimboistanne
illative
bimboonne
bimboihinne
adessive
bimbollanne
bimboillanne
ablative
bimboltanne
bimboiltanne
allative
bimbollenne
bimboillenne
essive
bimbonanne
bimboinanne
translative
bimboksenne
bimboiksenne
abessive
bimbottanne
bimboittanne
instructive
comitative
—bimboinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bimbonsa
bimbonsa
accusative
nom.
bimbonsa
bimbonsa
gen.
bimbonsa
genitive
bimbonsa
bimbojensa
partitive
bimboaan bimboansa
bimbojaan bimbojansa
inessive
bimbossaan bimbossansa
bimboissaan bimboissansa
elative
bimbostaan bimbostansa
bimboistaan bimboistansa
illative
bimboonsa
bimboihinsa
adessive
bimbollaan bimbollansa
bimboillaan bimboillansa
ablative
bimboltaan bimboltansa
bimboiltaan bimboiltansa
allative
bimbolleen bimbollensa
bimboilleen bimboillensa
essive
bimbonaan bimbonansa
bimboinaan bimboinansa
translative
bimbokseen bimboksensa
bimboikseen bimboiksensa
abessive
bimbottaan bimbottansa
bimboittaan bimboittansa
instructive
comitative
—bimboineen bimboinensa :

### Further reading

* “bimbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Italian
### Etymology

Variant of bambino (“child”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbim.bo/
* Rhymes: -imbo
* Hyphenation: bìm‧bo

### Noun

bimbo m (plural bimbi, feminine bimba, diminutive bimbétto or bimbìno, augmentative bimbóne)
* child, baby (male)

#### Descendants

* → English: bimbo

### Anagrams

* bombi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English bimbo, from Italian.

### Noun

bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboer, definite plural bimboene)
* (derogatory) bimbo

### References

* “bimbo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English bimbo, from Italian.

### Noun

bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboar, definite plural bimboane)
* (derogatory) bimbo

### References

* “bimbo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbim.bɔ/
* Rhymes: -imbɔ
* Syllabification: bim‧bo

### Noun

bimbo
* (Poznań) vocative singular of bimba

## Portuguese
### Verb

bimbo
* first-person singular present indicative of bimbar

## Swedish
### Noun

bimbo c
* (derogatory) bimbo (attractive and stupid young woman)

#### Declension
### References

* bimbo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bimbo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)