jamboree

jamboree

English

Etymology

Unknown 19th-century American slang. Chosen by Baden-Powell in 1919 for use in the Scout Movement.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒæm.bəˈɹiː/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

jamboree (plural jamborees)

1. A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
2. (dated, slang) A frolic or spree.
   • 1898 August, Rudyard Kipling, “‘In Ambush’”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, OCLC 1127934491, page 4:

     [']Chuck us down that net on top of the lockers, Stalky.' / 'That's all right. It's a collapsible jamboree, too. Beastly luxurious dogs these fags are. Built like a fishin'-rod.[']

     The word, describing a butterfly-net, appears to be used in the sense of gizmo or thingamajig.

   • W. A. Fraser

     A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the manager's bungalow when Raja Singh started on his jamboree.

3. A large rally of Scouts or Guides.
4. (card games) In euchre: an undefeatable hand containing the five highest cards.

Related terms

• jamborette

Translations

large party

Bulgarian: празненство (bg) n (praznenstvo), веселие (bg) n (veselie) Finnish: kalaasi (fi) Georgian: წვეულება (c̣veuleba), ლხინი (lxini), ნადიმი (nadimi), ქეიფი (keipi) Hindi: jamawara Italian: baldoria (it) f, "allegra (it) riunione (it) f" Spanish: fiesta grande f, fiestón

rally of Scouts or Guides

Finnish: jamboree (fi) French: jamboree (fr) m Italian: riunione (it) internazionale (it) f Portuguese: jamboree (pt) m

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Finnish

Etymology

From English jamboree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑmboreː/, [ˈjɑmbo̞re̞ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑmboreː
• Syllabification^(key): jam‧bo‧ree

Noun

jamboree

1. jamboree (of Scouts)

Declension

Inflection of jamboree (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
nominative		jamboree	jamboreet
genitive		jamboreen	jamboreiden jamboreitten
partitive		jamboreeta	jamboreita
illative		jamboreehen jamboreeseen	jamboreihin jamboreisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		jamboree	jamboreet
accusative	nom.	jamboree	jamboreet
	gen.	jamboreen
genitive		jamboreen	jamboreiden jamboreitten
partitive		jamboreeta	jamboreita
inessive		jamboreessa	jamboreissa
elative		jamboreesta	jamboreista
illative		jamboreehen jamboreeseen	jamboreihin jamboreisiin
adessive		jamboreella	jamboreilla
ablative		jamboreelta	jamboreilta
allative		jamboreelle	jamboreille
essive		jamboreena	jamboreina
translative		jamboreeksi	jamboreiksi
instructive		—	jamborein
abessive		jamboreetta	jamboreitta
comitative		—	jamboreineen

Possessive forms of jamboree (type filee)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jamboreeni	jamboreemme
2nd person	jamboreesi	jamboreenne
3rd person	jamboreensa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃.bɔ.ʁi/, /ʒam.bɔ.ʁi/[1][2]

Noun

jamboree m (plural jamborees)

1. jamboree

References

1. Dictionnaire français-anglais Larousse
2. Le Robert Micro, Édition Poche, 1998

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jamboree.

Noun

jamboree f (plural jamboree)

1. jamboree

Declension

Declension of jamboree

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) jamboree	jamboreea	(niște) jamboree	jamboreele
genitive/dative	(unei) jamboree	jamboreei	(unor) jamboree	jamboreelor
vocative	jamboree, jamboreeo		jamboreelor