bobine

Probably from Latin balbus because of the noise it made.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.bin/

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bobine f (plural bobines)

1. bobbin
2. reel, spool
3. drum

• bobine d'allumage (“ignition coil, spark coil”)

bobine

1. first-person singular present indicative of bobiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of bobiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bobiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bobiner
5. second-person singular imperative of bobiner

• “bobine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

bobine f pl

1. plural of bobina

bobine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bobinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bobinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bobinar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bobinar.