mamba

See also: Mamba

English
a green mamba, Dendroaspis viridis

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba f (plural mambes)

  1. mamba (venomous snake)

Further reading

Chichewa

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

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba

Further reading
  • mamba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • mamba in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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/, [ˈmɑmbɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
  • Syllabification(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
mambainrare
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
instructive — mamboin
abessive mambatta mamboitta
comitative — mamboineen
Possessive forms of mamba (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person mambani mambamme
2nd person mambasi mambanne
3rd person mambansa

Compounds

French

Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

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

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba (venomous snake)

Declension
Declension of mamba
singular plural
nominative mamba mamby
genitive mamby mamb
dative mambie mambom
accusative mambę mamby
instrumental mambą mambami
locative mambie mambach
vocative mambo mamby

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
mamba

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

mamba (n class, plural mamba)

  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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