surboum

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ boum where boum has the meaning of "party" and sur-; most probably derives from surprise-partie by apocope.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /syʁ.bum/
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Noun

surboum f (plural surboums)

(colloquial, dated) party
Synonyms: boum, surprise-partie

Hypernym: fête

Tu vas à la surboum de Machin ?
You going to what's-his-name's party?

Usage notes

The word is somewhat dated, fête or teuf being more contemporary.

Further reading

“surboum” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
“surboum” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
“surboum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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