gombo

English

Noun

gombo (countable and uncountable, plural gombos)

  1. Alternative form of gumbo

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gombo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and French gombo, ultimately from Kimbundu ingombo. Compare Russian го́мбо (gómbo).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡombo]
  • Rhymes: -ombo
  • Hyphenation: gom‧bo

Noun

gombo (accusative singular gombon, plural gomboj, accusative plural gombojn)

  1. okra

French

Etymology

Entered into French in the Antilles, ultimately from Kimbundu ingombo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ̃.bo/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

gombo m (plural gombos)

  1. okra
  2. (Louisiana) gumbo, a kind of soup or stew
  3. (Louisiana) the Louisiana Creole language

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Louisiana Creole: gombo

See also
  • gombo filé

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡom.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ombo
  • Syllabification: góm‧bo

Noun

gombo m (plural gombi)

  1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French gombo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ̃ˈbo/

Noun

gombo

  1. gumbo, a kind of soup or stew
  2. the Louisiana Creole language
    Synonyms: fransé kasé, kouri-vini

See also
  • févi
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