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bamboo

/bæmˈbuː/bam-BOO
/bæmˈbu/bam-BOO

Meaningthe bamboo plant

Common meaning: a tall, woody tropical grass

Journey through time

  1. Malaybambusource
  2. Early English spellingbamboossource
  3. Englishbamboo‘a tall, woody tropical grass’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Malay bambu ‘the bamboo plant’.

Roots

  • bambu Malay “the bamboo plant”

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