tomber

Meaning

1. to fall
2. to come down
3. (intransitive) to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call)
4. to become, to get

Concepts

fall

drop

fall down

fall off

collapse

descend

go down

tumble

sink

come down

drop off

fall out

flop

plummet

befall

diminish

come upon

fall over

fail

fall on

dropped

come across

droop

felled

fall upon

abate

decrease

strike

lessen

attack

👊

hang down

be dropped

happen

lapse

dusk

drop down

drip

discover

chance upon

bechance

alight

dip

cease

fall into

devolve

cave in

flow

free fall

gloaming

falling

Synonyms

automne

dégringoler

chuter

décliner

devenir

s’effondrer

descendre

se détacher

pleuvoir

🌧️

choir

baisser

s’affaisser

assaillir

s’écrouler

envahir

se ruer

foncer

se précipiter

débouler

tomber sur

se jeter

se creuser

sembler

revenir

attaquer

👊

déchanter

couler

glisser

s’échapper

éviter

se répandre

tomber de haut

chute

causer

provoquer

renier sa foi

retomber

échapper

s’abaisser

dégoutter

baisse

s’abattre

avoir lieu

crouler

abattre

verser

incomber

esquiver

atterrir

diminuer

Translations

fallen

caer

cadere

vallen

düşmek

cair

caure

πέφτω

سقط

stürzen

وقع

cadere

afvallen

scendere

caerse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔ̃.be/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: tomber

Inherited from Old French: tumber

Cognate with Spanish: tumbar

Cognate with Romanian: tumbă

Cognate with Italian: tombolare

In summary

Inherited from Middle French tomber, from Old French tumber, itself either of expressive/onomatopoeic origin (compare also Catalan and Portuguese tombar; Spanish tumbar; Romanian tumbă; Italian tombolare etc.), or alternatively possibly from a Frankish *tūmōn (“to rotate, reel, sway”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”), of uncertain origin. More at tumb.
Displaced the native choir, inherited from cadō.