bambus

See also: Bambus

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from older Dutch bamboes, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Noun

1. bamboo

Derived terms

• bambusový

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from older Dutch bamboes (modern bamboe), from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Noun

bambus c (singular definite bambussen, plural indefinite bambusser)

1. bamboo

Declension

Declension of bambus

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bambus	bambussen	bambusser	bambusserne
genitive	bambus'	bambussens	bambussers	bambussernes

References

• “bambus” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from Dutch bamboes, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Noun

bambus n (genitive singular bambus, uncountable)

1. bamboo

Declension

n11s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bambus	bambusið
Accusative	bambus	bambusið
Dative	bambusi	bambusinum
Genitive	bambus	bambusins

Derived terms

• bambustráða f

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpampʏs/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from Dutch bamboes, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Noun

bambus m (genitive singular bambuss, no plural)

1. bamboo

Declension

declension of bambus

m-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	bambus	bambusinn
accusative	bambus	bambusinn
dative	bambus	bambusnum
genitive	bambuss	bambussins

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Via older Dutch bamboes, compare with modern Dutch bamboe.

Noun

bambus m (definite singular bambusen, indefinite plural bambuser, definite plural bambusene)

1. bamboo

Derived terms

• bambusrør
• bambusskudd

References

• “bambus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Via older Dutch bamboes, compare with modern Dutch bamboe.

Noun

bambus m (definite singular bambusen, indefinite plural bambusar, definite plural bambusane)

1. bamboo

References

• “bambus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbam.bus/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bambus, from older Dutch bamboes, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Noun

bambus m inan

1. bamboo (plant)
2. wood of the bamboo plant

Declension

Declension of bambus

	singular	plural
nominative	bambus	bambusy
genitive	bambusu/bambusa	bambusów
dative	bambusowi	bambusom
accusative	bambus	bambusy
instrumental	bambusem	bambusami
locative	bambusie	bambusach
vocative	bambusie	bambusy

Etymology 2

From Bambo +‎ -us (“derogatory suffix”). Bambo refers to the protagonist of the children's poem Murzynek Bambo by Julian Tuwim.

Noun

1. (ethnic slur) coon, nigger

Declension

Declension of bambus

	singular	plural
nominative	bambus	bambusy
genitive	bambusa	bambusów
dative	bambusowi	bambusom
accusative	bambusa	bambusy
instrumental	bambusem	bambusami
locative	bambusie	bambusach
vocative	bambusie	bambusy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

bambus

1. plural of bambu

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from older Dutch bamboes, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎmbus/
• Hyphenation: bam‧bus

Noun

bàmbus m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀мбус)

1. bamboo (plant)

Declension

Declension of bambus

	singular	plural
nominative	bambus	bambusi
genitive	bambusa	bambusa
dative	bambusu	bambusima
accusative	bambus	bambuse
vocative	bambuse	bambusi
locative	bambusu	bambusima
instrumental	bambusom	bambusima

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from older Dutch bamboes (modern bamboe), from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbambus/

Noun

bambus m

1. bamboo

Declension

Declension of bambus

	singular	plural
nominative	bambus	bambusy
genitive	bambusu	bambusov
dative	bambusu	bambusom
accusative	bambus	bambusy
locative	bambuse	bambusoch
instrumental	bambusom	bambusmi

Derived terms

• bambusový

Further reading

• “bambus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bambus, from older Dutch bamboes, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːmbus/

Noun

bȃmbus m inan

1. bamboo

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bámbus
gen. sing.	bámbusa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bámbus	bámbusa	bámbusi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bámbusa	bámbusov	bámbusov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bámbusu	bámbusoma	bámbusom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bámbus	bámbusa	bámbuse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bámbusu	bámbusih	bámbusih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bámbusom	bámbusoma	bámbusi