adj
Meaning 1
Especially large or powerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a jumbo helping
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jumbo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəʊ/
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒʌmboʊ/
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rhymes with -ʌmbəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: JH AH1 M B OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A nickname for one or that of a large size
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A nickname for one or that of a small size
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name
Meaning 4
A traditional animal name for an elephant
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noun
Meaning 5
An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
An elephant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Kenya, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drilling jumbo
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Pennsylvania, Western, countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bologna
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A wide roll of machine-trimmed paper, ready to be cut into smaller widths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
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noun
Meaning 12
Acronym of Jupiter-mass binary object
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jupiter-mass binary object
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
Alternative form of JuMBO
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adjective satellite
Meaning 14
of great mass; huge and bulky
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, giant
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Jumbo (1860–1885), the name given to a large African elephant from East Africa that was purchased in 1882 by American showman P. T. Barnum (1810–1891) for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Compare Swahili jambo (“matter, thing”) and jumbe (“chief, headman”).
From jumbo, from the 19th-century elephant, Jumbo, from Swahili jumbe (“chief”) jambo (“thing”)
From (mumbo) jumbo.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جامبو — especially large or powerful
- Finnish: mammuttimainen — especially large or powerful
- Finnish: jättimäinen — especially large or powerful
- Georgian: გიგანტური (giganṭuri) — especially large or powerful
- Georgian: უზარმაზარი (uzarmazari) — especially large or powerful
- Greek: μέγα άτομο ζώο (méga átomo zóo) — especially large or powerful
- Russian: гига́нтский (gigántskij) — especially large or powerful
- Russian: огро́мный (ogrómnyj) — especially large or powerful
- Spanish: jumbo — especially large or powerful
- Spanish: yumbo — especially large or powerful
- Turkish: kocaman — especially large or powerful
- Finnish: jätti — especially large or powerful person, animal or thing
- Georgian: გიგანტი (giganṭi) — especially large or powerful person, animal or thing
- Georgian: ბუმბერაზი (bumberazi) — especially large or powerful person, animal or thing
- Spanish: jumbo — especially large or powerful person, animal or thing
- Spanish: yumbo — especially large or powerful person, animal or thing
- Finnish: porausjumbo — platform-mounted machine for drilling rock
- Finnish: jumbo — platform-mounted machine for drilling rock
- German: Bohrwagen — platform-mounted machine for drilling rock
- German: Bohrgerätewagen — platform-mounted machine for drilling rock
- Ukrainian: бурова каретка (burova karetka) — platform-mounted machine for drilling rock
Real reading context