bamboo

English

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Bamboo.

Etymology

From Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay samambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæmˈbu/

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Noun

bamboo (plural bamboos)

1. A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
2. The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
3. a didgeridoo
4. (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

Derived terms

• bamboo man

Translations

plant

Acholi: koo Albanian: bambu (sq) Arabic: خيزران (ar) (xayzaran or xayzuran) m. Egyptian Arabic: خيزران (xayzaran) m., بامبو (bambu) m. Bengali: বাঁশ (bāṁś) Bulgarian: бамбук (bg) Catalan: bambú (ca) m. Chinese: 竹材, 竹材 (zhú cái) Czech: bambus (cs) m. Dutch: bamboe (nl) n. Esperanto: bambuo (eo) Finnish: bambu (fi) French: bambou (fr) m. German: Bambus (de) m. Greek: μπαμπού (el) n. Hebrew: במבוק (he) (bambuq) m. Hungarian: bambusz (hu) Indonesian: Standard Indonesian: bambu, buluh, eru, aur Sundanese: awi Banjarese: paring, buluh

Italian: bambù (it) m. Japanese: 竹 (たけ, take) Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು (kn) (bidiru) Lao: ໄມ້ໄຜ່ (lo) (mai-phai) Latin: harundō Indica (la) f. Macedonian: бамбус (mk) (bámbus) m. Malay: pokok buluh, bambu (ms) Navajo: lókʼaatsoh Portuguese: bambu (pt) m. Russian: бамбук (ru) m. Serbian: trskovača f. Slovene: bambus (sl) m. Spanish: bambú (es) m. Tagalog: kawayan Thai: ไผ่ (phai) Volapük: bambud (vo), (obsolete) lerid (vo)

wood

Albanian: bambu (sq) Bulgarian: бамбук (bg) Catalan: bambú (ca) m. Chinese: 竹子, 竹子 (zhú zi) Dutch: bamboe (nl) n. Finnish: bambu (fi) French: bambou (fr) m. German: Bambus (de) m., Bambusrohr (de) n. Hebrew: במבוק (he) (bambuq) m.

Italian: bambù (it) m. Japanese: 竹材 (たけざい, takezai) Macedonian: бамбус (mk) (bámbus) m. Portuguese: bambu (pt) m. Russian: бамбук (ru) m. Slovene: bambus (sl) m. Tagalog: kawayan Thai: ไม้ไผ่ (mai phai)

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Adjective

bamboo (not comparable)

1. Made of the wood of the bamboo.

Translations

made of bamboo

Bulgarian: бамбуков (bg) Chinese traditional/simplified: 竹製的, 竹製的 (zhú zhì de) Czech: bambusový (cs) m. Dutch: bamboe- Esperanto: bambua French: de bambou Hungarian: bambusz (hu)

Italian: di bambù Japanese: 竹製の (たけせいの, takesei no) Macedonian: бамбусов (mk) (bámbusov) m. Polish: bambus (pl) m. Russian: бамбуковый (ru) Slovene: bambusov m., bambusova f., bambusovo n. Tagalog: kawayan

Anagrams

• boabom

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Etymology

English bamboo.

Noun

bamboo

1. didgeridoo

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Mandinka

Noun

bamboo

1. crocodile