mamba

Derived from Zulu ímâmba, from Proto-Bantu *mbámbà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæmbə/, /ˈmɑm.bɑ/

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mamba (plural mambas)

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

• black mamba
• green mamba

• mamba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dendroaspis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• bamma

Borrowed from Zulu imamba.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmam.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmam.ba]

mamba f (plural mambes)

1. mamba (venomous snake)

• “mamba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ᵐba/

mamba class 6

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

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmá.ᵐba/

mámba class 9 (plural mámba class 10)

1. spitting cobra

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamba]

mamba f

1. mamba

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑm.baː/

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• Hyphenation: mam‧ba
• Rhymes: -ɑmbaː

mamba m (plural mamba's, no diminutive)

1. a mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis

• groene mamba
• zwarte mamba

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

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

mamba

1. mamba

• “mamba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

mamba m (plural mambas)

1. mamba

• mamba noir

• IPA^(key): /ˈmam.ba/

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• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: mam‧ba

Borrowed from English mamba, from Zulu ímâmba, from Proto-Bantu *mbámbà.

mamba f

1. mamba (any snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mamba n

1. genitive singular of mambo

• “mamba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mamba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
• Hyphenation: mam‧ba

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

• “mamba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mamba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba

• “mamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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mamba class IX (plural mamba class X)

1. crocodile (reptile)

   Synonym: (dialectal) ngwena

2. black mamba

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mamba class 1a (plural bómamba class 2a)

1. mamba snake

This noun needs an inflection-table template.