mamba

See also: Mamba

English

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæmbə/, /ˈmɑm.bɑ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

mamba (plural mambas)

  1. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba f (plural mambes)

  1. mamba (venomous snake)

Further reading

Chichewa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ᵐba/

Noun

mamba class 6

  1. scale(s) (of a fish or snake)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmá.ᵐba/

Noun

mámba class 9 (plural mámba class 10)

  1. spitting cobra

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmamba]

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba

Declension

Further reading

  • mamba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • mamba”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English mamba or Afrikaans mamba, from Zulu imamba or Swazi mamba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑm.baː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mam‧ba
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbaː

Noun

mamba m (plural mamba's)

  1. a mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis

Derived terms

  • groene mamba
  • zwarte mamba

Finnish

Etymology

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑmbɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝mbɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mam‧ba
  • Hyphenation(key): mam‧ba

Noun

mamba

  1. mamba

Declension

Inflection of mamba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mamba mambat
genitive mamban mambojen
partitive mambaa mamboja
illative mambaan mamboihin
singular plural
nominative mamba mambat
accusative nom. mamba mambat
gen. mamban
genitive mamban mambojen
mambain rare
partitive mambaa mamboja
inessive mambassa mamboissa
elative mambasta mamboista
illative mambaan mamboihin
adessive mamballa mamboilla
ablative mambalta mamboilta
allative mamballe mamboille
essive mambana mamboina
translative mambaksi mamboiksi
abessive mambatta mamboitta
instructive mamboin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mamba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mambani mambani
accusative nom. mambani mambani
gen. mambani
genitive mambani mambojeni
mambaini rare
partitive mambaani mambojani
inessive mambassani mamboissani
elative mambastani mamboistani
illative mambaani mamboihini
adessive mamballani mamboillani
ablative mambaltani mamboiltani
allative mamballeni mamboilleni
essive mambanani mamboinani
translative mambakseni mamboikseni
abessive mambattani mamboittani
instructive
comitative mamboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mambasi mambasi
accusative nom. mambasi mambasi
gen. mambasi
genitive mambasi mambojesi
mambaisi rare
partitive mambaasi mambojasi
inessive mambassasi mamboissasi
elative mambastasi mamboistasi
illative mambaasi mamboihisi
adessive mamballasi mamboillasi
ablative mambaltasi mamboiltasi
allative mamballesi mamboillesi
essive mambanasi mamboinasi
translative mambaksesi mamboiksesi
abessive mambattasi mamboittasi
instructive
comitative mamboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mambamme mambamme
accusative nom. mambamme mambamme
gen. mambamme
genitive mambamme mambojemme
mambaimme rare
partitive mambaamme mambojamme
inessive mambassamme mamboissamme
elative mambastamme mamboistamme
illative mambaamme mamboihimme
adessive mamballamme mamboillamme
ablative mambaltamme mamboiltamme
allative mamballemme mamboillemme
essive mambanamme mamboinamme
translative mambaksemme mamboiksemme
abessive mambattamme mamboittamme
instructive
comitative mamboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mambanne mambanne
accusative nom. mambanne mambanne
gen. mambanne
genitive mambanne mambojenne
mambainne rare
partitive mambaanne mambojanne
inessive mambassanne mamboissanne
elative mambastanne mamboistanne
illative mambaanne mamboihinne
adessive mamballanne mamboillanne
ablative mambaltanne mamboiltanne
allative mamballenne mamboillenne
essive mambananne mamboinanne
translative mambaksenne mamboiksenne
abessive mambattanne mamboittanne
instructive
comitative mamboinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mambansa mambansa
accusative nom. mambansa mambansa
gen. mambansa
genitive mambansa mambojensa
mambainsa rare
partitive mambaansa mambojaan
mambojansa
inessive mambassaan
mambassansa
mamboissaan
mamboissansa
elative mambastaan
mambastansa
mamboistaan
mamboistansa
illative mambaansa mamboihinsa
adessive mamballaan
mamballansa
mamboillaan
mamboillansa
ablative mambaltaan
mambaltansa
mamboiltaan
mamboiltansa
allative mamballeen
mamballensa
mamboilleen
mamboillensa
essive mambanaan
mambanansa
mamboinaan
mamboinansa
translative mambakseen
mambaksensa
mamboikseen
mamboiksensa
abessive mambattaan
mambattansa
mamboittaan
mamboittansa
instructive
comitative mamboineen
mamboinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

French

Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmam.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amba
  • Syllabification: mam‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mamba.

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba (any snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mamba n

  1. genitive singular of mambo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.bɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
  • Hyphenation: mam‧ba

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

  1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamba/ [ˈmãm.ba]
  • Rhymes: -amba
  • Syllabification: mam‧ba

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba class IX (plural mamba class X)

  1. crocodile (reptile)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ngwena
  2. black mamba

Swazi

Etymology

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Noun

mamba class 1a (plural bómamba class 2a)

  1. mamba snake

Inflection

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