bambus

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbambus]

• Audio:

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bambus m inan

1. bamboo

• “bambus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bambus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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

bambus c (singular definite bambussen, plural indefinite bambusser)

1. bamboo

• “bambus” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

bambus n (genitive singular bambus, uncountable)

1. bamboo

• bambustráða f

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpampʏs/

bambus m (genitive singular bambuss or bambusar, nominative plural bambusar)

1. bamboo

Via older Dutch bamboes, compare with modern Dutch bamboe.

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

1. bamboo

• bambusrør
• bambusskudd

• “bambus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Via older Dutch bamboes, compare with modern Dutch bamboe.

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

1. bamboo

• “bambus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbam.bus/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ambus
• Syllabification: bam‧bus

bambus m inan

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

bambus m animal

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch

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

bambus

1. plural of bambu

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

bambus m (plural bambuși)

1. bamboo (plant, cane)

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

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

bàmbus m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀мбус)

1. bamboo (plant)
2. calimocho (drink)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbambus]

bambus m inan (relational adjective bambusový)

1. bamboo

• bambusový

• “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, 2003–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /báːmbus/

bȃmbus m inan

1. bamboo

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

• “bambus”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

bambus

1. indefinite genitive singular of bambu