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Meaning 1
a dialect of the Zimba language spoken in the Congo
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
mamba
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmæmbə/
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/ˈmɑm.bɑ/
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 M B AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
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noun
Meaning 3
arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: elapid, elapid snake
Narrower terms: black mamba, Dendroaspis augusticeps
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mbámbà Zulu ímâmbader. English mamba Derived from Zulu ímâmba, from Proto-Bantu *mbámbà.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: mamba — venomous snake
- Afrikaans: makoppa — venomous snake
- Basque: manba — venomous snake
- Catalan: mamba — venomous snake
- Chichewa: nsongo — venomous snake
- Czech: mamba — venomous snake
- Dutch: mamba — venomous snake
- Finnish: mamba — venomous snake
- French: mamba — venomous snake
- German: Mamba — venomous snake
- Italian: mamba — venomous snake
- Polish: mamba — venomous snake
- Portuguese: mamba — venomous snake
- Russian: ма́мба (mámba) — venomous snake
- Spanish: mamba — venomous snake
- Zulu: imamba — venomous snake
Real reading context