banjo

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See also: Banjo, banjô, and banjō

English[edit]

A bluegrass banjo
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Etymology[edit]

From the pronunciation of African slaves, of Unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore, alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza. [1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) enPR: băn'jō, IPA(key): /ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæn.d͡ʒoʊ/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)

  1. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
    I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
  2. Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
  3. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
  4. (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
    • 1963, Peter Willmott, The Evolution of a Community, page 75:
      They all came back here — we cleared the room and put up tables for the reception — and then we went to another house on the banjo for a "knees-up".
    • 2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London:
      Billy Tower lived in the far left house in the banjo that was Dagenham's version of cul de sacs. The trouble was you could be seen from the house and, in the time it took to walk along the Banjo, drugs could be flushed away.
    • 2013, Martin Crookston, Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?:
      The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]
  5. (mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.

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Descendants[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Verb[edit]

banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)

  1. To play a banjo.
  2. (transitive, slang, Britain) To beat, to knock down.
    • 1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, page 95:
      Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.
    • 1998, "Fergie's world just gets Madar" (Sport), Sunday Mail, Jan 4, 1998
      Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
    • 2007 July 31, “Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero”, in Times Online:
      "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.
  3. (transitive, slang, Britain, military) To shell or attack (a target).
    • 2008, Michael Asher, The Regiment: The Definitive Story of the SAS, page cxxx:
      Riding reported that on the day Mayne had asked for DZ coordinates, their base had been banjoed by the Germans.

References[edit]

  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “banjo”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading[edit]

  • Alice Parkinson, Music (2006), p. 22.

Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo n

  1. banjo
    Synonym: (much less common) benžo

Declension[edit]

Declension of banjo (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative banjo banja
genitive banja banj
dative banju banjům
accusative banjo banja
vocative banjo banja
locative banju banjech
instrumental banjem banji

Further reading[edit]

  • banjo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑn.joː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ban‧jo

Noun[edit]

banjo m (plural banjo's, diminutive banjootje n)

  1. banjo (stringed instrument)

Descendants[edit]

Finnish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English banjo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑnjo/, [ˈbɑ̝njo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnjo
  • Syllabification(key): ban‧jo

Noun[edit]

banjo

  1. banjo

Declension[edit]

Inflection of banjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative banjo banjot
genitive banjon banjojen
partitive banjoa banjoja
illative banjoon banjoihin
singular plural
nominative banjo banjot
accusative nom. banjo banjot
gen. banjon
genitive banjon banjojen
partitive banjoa banjoja
inessive banjossa banjoissa
elative banjosta banjoista
illative banjoon banjoihin
adessive banjolla banjoilla
ablative banjolta banjoilta
allative banjolle banjoille
essive banjona banjoina
translative banjoksi banjoiksi
abessive banjotta banjoitta
instructive — banjoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of banjo (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative banjoni banjoni
accusative nom. banjoni banjoni
gen. banjoni
genitive banjoni banjojeni
partitive banjoani banjojani
inessive banjossani banjoissani
elative banjostani banjoistani
illative banjooni banjoihini
adessive banjollani banjoillani
ablative banjoltani banjoiltani
allative banjolleni banjoilleni
essive banjonani banjoinani
translative banjokseni banjoikseni
abessive banjottani banjoittani
instructive — —
comitative — banjoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative banjosi banjosi
accusative nom. banjosi banjosi
gen. banjosi
genitive banjosi banjojesi
partitive banjoasi banjojasi
inessive banjossasi banjoissasi
elative banjostasi banjoistasi
illative banjoosi banjoihisi
adessive banjollasi banjoillasi
ablative banjoltasi banjoiltasi
allative banjollesi banjoillesi
essive banjonasi banjoinasi
translative banjoksesi banjoiksesi
abessive banjottasi banjoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — banjoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative banjomme banjomme
accusative nom. banjomme banjomme
gen. banjomme
genitive banjomme banjojemme
partitive banjoamme banjojamme
inessive banjossamme banjoissamme
elative banjostamme banjoistamme
illative banjoomme banjoihimme
adessive banjollamme banjoillamme
ablative banjoltamme banjoiltamme
allative banjollemme banjoillemme
essive banjonamme banjoinamme
translative banjoksemme banjoiksemme
abessive banjottamme banjoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — banjoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative banjonne banjonne
accusative nom. banjonne banjonne
gen. banjonne
genitive banjonne banjojenne
partitive banjoanne banjojanne
inessive banjossanne banjoissanne
elative banjostanne banjoistanne
illative banjoonne banjoihinne
adessive banjollanne banjoillanne
ablative banjoltanne banjoiltanne
allative banjollenne banjoillenne
essive banjonanne banjoinanne
translative banjoksenne banjoiksenne
abessive banjottanne banjoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — banjoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative banjonsa banjonsa
accusative nom. banjonsa banjonsa
gen. banjonsa
genitive banjonsa banjojensa
partitive banjoaan
banjoansa 		banjojaan
banjojansa
inessive banjossaan
banjossansa 		banjoissaan
banjoissansa
elative banjostaan
banjostansa 		banjoistaan
banjoistansa
illative banjoonsa banjoihinsa
adessive banjollaan
banjollansa 		banjoillaan
banjoillansa
ablative banjoltaan
banjoltansa 		banjoiltaan
banjoiltansa
allative banjolleen
banjollensa 		banjoilleen
banjoillensa
essive banjonaan
banjonansa 		banjoinaan
banjoinansa
translative banjokseen
banjoksensa 		banjoikseen
banjoiksensa
abessive banjottaan
banjottansa 		banjoittaan
banjoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — banjoineen
banjoinensa

Further reading[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃.ʒo/, /bɑ̃.dʒo/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun[edit]

banjo m (plural banjos)

  1. banjo

Further reading[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

banjō

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐍉

Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Danish banjo, from English banjo.

Noun[edit]

banjo

  1. banjo

Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English banjo, a corruption of bandore, Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandura, pandurium, a musical instrument of three strings, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈband͡ʒo]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧jo

Noun[edit]

banjo (first-person possessive banjoku, second-person possessive banjomu, third-person possessive banjonya)

  1. (music) banjo: a stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

Alternative forms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo m (invariable)

  1. (music) banjo

Malay[edit]

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Wikipedia ms

Noun[edit]

banjo (Jawi spelling بنجو‎, plural banjo-banjo, informal 1st possessive banjoku, 2nd possessive banjomu, 3rd possessive banjonya)

  1. (music) banjo

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From English banjo, 18th century black American rendition of bandore.

Noun[edit]

banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoer, definite plural banjoene)

  1. (music) a banjo

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From English banjo, as above.

Noun[edit]

banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoar, definite plural banjoane)

  1. (music) a banjo

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English banjo, from bandore, from Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandūra, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra). Doublet of bandura and mandola.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) banjo

Further reading[edit]

  • banjo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • banjo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo m (plural banjos)

  1. (music) banjo (a musical instrument)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French banjo.

Noun[edit]

banjo n (plural banjouri)

  1. banjo

Declension[edit]

Declension of banjo
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) banjo banjoul (niște) banjouri banjourile
genitive/dative (unui) banjo banjoului (unor) banjouri banjourilor
vocative banjoule banjourilor

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo m (plural banjos or banjoes)

  1. banjo

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo (n class, plural banjo)

  1. banjo

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo c

  1. (music) banjo

Declension[edit]

Declension of banjo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative banjo banjon banjor banjorna
Genitive banjos banjons banjors banjornas

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo m (plural banjos or banjoau)

  1. banjo

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
banjo fanjo manjo unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “banjo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

banjo c (plural banjo's, diminutive banjoke)

  1. banjo

Further reading[edit]

  • “banjo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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