gombo

gombo (countable and uncountable, plural gombos)

1. Alternative form of gumbo (“stew, okra”).

• “gombo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡombo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: gom‧bo

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

1. okra

Entered into French in the Antilles, ultimately from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̃.bo/

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gombo m (plural gombos)

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

• (okra): (Louisiana) okra
• (Louisiana Creole): courez-venez, français cassé

• Louisiana Creole: gombo

• gombo filé

• “gombo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Ultimately from Kimbundu kingombo (“okra”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡom.bo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: góm‧bo

gombo m (plural gombi)

1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Inherited from French gombo (“okra; gumbo; Louisiana Creole language”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̃ˈbo/
• Rhymes: -o

gombo

1. okra

   Synonyms: févi, gombo févi

2. (a) gumbo, a kind of soup or stew

   Synonym: gombo dlo

3. the Louisiana Creole language

   Synonyms: fransé kasé, kouri-vini