bambus

See also: Bambus

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbambus]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

bambus m inan

  1. bamboo

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

bambus c (singular definite bambussen, plural indefinite bambusser)

  1. bamboo

Declension

Declension of bambus
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bambus bambussen bambusser bambusserne
genitive bambus' bambussens bambussers bambussernes

References

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

bambus n (genitive singular bambus, uncountable)

  1. bamboo

Declension

n11-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bambus bambusið
accusative bambus bambusið
dative bambusi bambusinum
genitive bambus bambusins

Derived terms

  • bambustráða f

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpampʏs/

Noun

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

  1. bamboo

Declension

Declension of bambus (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bambus bambusinn bambusar bambusarnir
accusative bambus bambusinn bambusa bambusana
dative bambus bambusnum bambusum bambusunum
genitive bambuss, bambusar bambussins, bambusarins bambusa bambusanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Via older Dutch bamboes, compare with modern Dutch bamboe.

Noun

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

  1. bamboo

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Via older Dutch bamboes, compare with modern Dutch bamboe.

Noun

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

  1. bamboo

References

Polish

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Bambus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbam.bus/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ambus
    • Syllabification: bam‧bus

    Noun

    bambus m inan

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

    Declension

    Noun

    bambus m animal

    1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjective

    Further reading

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

    Portuguese

    Noun

    bambus

    1. plural of bambu

    Romanian

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    bambus m (plural bambuși)

    1. bamboo (plant, cane)

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative bambus bambusul bambuși bambușii
    genitive-dative bambus bambusului bambuși bambușilor
    vocative bambusule bambușilor

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    bàmbus m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀мбус)

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

    Declension

    Declension of bambus
    singular plural
    nominative bambus bambusi
    genitive bambusa bambusa
    dative bambusu bambusima
    accusative bambus bambuse
    vocative bambuse bambusi
    locative bambusu bambusima
    instrumental bambusom bambusima

    Slovak

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bambus/, [ˈbambus]
    • Rhymes: -ambus
    • Hyphenation: bam‧bus

    Noun

    bambus m inan (relational adjective bambusový)

    1. bamboo

    Declension

    Declension of bambus
    (pattern dub)
    singularplural
    nominativebambusbambusy
    genitivebambusu,
    bambusa
    bambusov
    dativebambusubambusom
    accusativebambusbambusy
    locativebambusebambusoch
    instrumentalbambusombambusmi

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • 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, 2003–2026

    Slovene

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /báːmbus/

    Noun

    bȃmbus m inan

    1. bamboo

    Declension

    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

    Further reading

    • bambus”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

    Swedish

    Noun

    bambus

    1. indefinite genitive singular of bambu