rumba
See also: Rumba
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rumba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʊmbə/, /ˈɹʌmbə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
rumba (plural rumbas)
- A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
Translations
dance
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Verb
rumba (third-person singular simple present rumbas, present participle rumbaing, simple past and past participle rumbaed)
- To dance the rumba.
Translations
to dance rumba
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Anagrams
- Burma, umbra
Czech
Noun
rumba f
- rumba
Further reading
- rumba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- rumba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rumba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrum.baː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rum‧ba
Noun
rumba f (plural rumba's, diminutive rumbaatje n)
- rumba
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish rumba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrumbɑ/, [ˈrumbɑ]
- Rhymes: -umbɑ
- Syllabification(key): rum‧ba
Noun
rumba
- rumba (dance)
- (figurative) fuss
Declension
| Inflection of rumba (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rumba | rumbat | |
| genitive | rumban | rumbien | |
| partitive | rumbaa | rumbia | |
| illative | rumbaan | rumbiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rumba | rumbat | |
| accusative | nom. | rumba | rumbat |
| gen. | rumban | ||
| genitive | rumban | rumbien rumbainrare | |
| partitive | rumbaa | rumbia | |
| inessive | rumbassa | rumbissa | |
| elative | rumbasta | rumbista | |
| illative | rumbaan | rumbiin | |
| adessive | rumballa | rumbilla | |
| ablative | rumbalta | rumbilta | |
| allative | rumballe | rumbille | |
| essive | rumbana | rumbina | |
| translative | rumbaksi | rumbiksi | |
| instructive | — | rumbin | |
| abessive | rumbatta | rumbitta | |
| comitative | — | rumbineen | |
| Possessive forms of rumba (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rumbani | rumbamme |
| 2nd person | rumbasi | rumbanne |
| 3rd person | rumbansa | |
Anagrams
- Burma, burma, umbra
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, from rumbo (“route”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁum.ba/
Audio (file)
Noun
rumba f (plural rumbas)
- rumba (dance)
Further reading
- “rumba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bruma
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrumbɒ]
- Hyphenation: rum‧ba
- Rhymes: -bɒ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish rumba.[1]
Noun
rumba (plural rumbák)
- rumba (dance)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rumba | rumbák |
| accusative | rumbát | rumbákat |
| dative | rumbának | rumbáknak |
| instrumental | rumbával | rumbákkal |
| causal-final | rumbáért | rumbákért |
| translative | rumbává | rumbákká |
| terminative | rumbáig | rumbákig |
| essive-formal | rumbaként | rumbákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rumbában | rumbákban |
| superessive | rumbán | rumbákon |
| adessive | rumbánál | rumbáknál |
| illative | rumbába | rumbákba |
| sublative | rumbára | rumbákra |
| allative | rumbához | rumbákhoz |
| elative | rumbából | rumbákból |
| delative | rumbáról | rumbákról |
| ablative | rumbától | rumbáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | rumbáé | rumbáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | rumbáéi | rumbákéi |
| Possessive forms of rumba | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | rumbám | rumbáim |
| 2nd person sing. | rumbád | rumbáid |
| 3rd person sing. | rumbája | rumbái |
| 1st person plural | rumbánk | rumbáink |
| 2nd person plural | rumbátok | rumbáitok |
| 3rd person plural | rumbájuk | rumbáik |
Etymology 2
rum + -ba
Noun
rumba
- illative singular of rum
- Jeget tesznek a rumba. ― They put ice in the rum.
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Irish
Etymology
From English rumba, from Cuban Spanish.
Noun
rumba m (genitive singular rumba, nominative plural rumbaí)
- rumba
Declension
Declension of rumba
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rumba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “rumba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “rumba” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrum.ba/
- Rhymes: -umba
- Hyphenation: rùm‧ba
Noun
rumba f (plural rumbe)
- rumba
Anagrams
- bruma, umbra
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rumba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrum.ba/
- Rhymes: -umba
- Syllabification: rum‧ba
Noun
rumba f
- rumba
Declension
Declension of rumba
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rumba | rumby |
| genitive | rumby | rumb |
| dative | rumbie | rumbom |
| accusative | rumbę | rumby |
| instrumental | rumbą | rumbami |
| locative | rumbie | rumbach |
| vocative | rumbo | rumby |
Further reading
- rumba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rumba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Cuban Spanish, From rumbo (“spree, party”), meaning evolved from "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo (“rhombus”), referencing the compass, which is marked by a rhombus. See rhombus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrumba/ [ˈrũm.ba]
- Rhymes: -umba
- Syllabification: rum‧ba
Noun
rumba f (plural rumbas)
- (Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia) party
- rumba (Cuban dance)
Derived terms
- rumbear
Descendants
- → English: rumba
- → German: Rumba
Further reading
- “rumba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rumba.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rum‧ba
- IPA(key): /ˈɾumba/, [ˈɾum.bɐ]
Noun
rumba
- rumba (Cuban dance and music)