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mambo
English
Etymology
From Haitian Creole mambo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).
Pronunciation
- (North America) enPR: ?mäm-b?, IPA(key): /?m?mbo?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæmb??/
Noun
mambo (countable and uncountable, plural mambos or mamboes)
- A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:
- The mambo next presented a container of water to the cardinal points, then poured libations to the centerpost of the peristyle, the axis along which the spirits were to enter.
- 1995, Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 219:
- The manbo showed her how to take small handfuls of liquid and spread it on her skin always moving in the upward direction.
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:
- A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]
Alternative forms
- (voodoo priestess) manbo
Derived terms
- horizontal mambo
Translations
Verb
mambo (third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed)
- (intransitive) To perform this dance.
Translations
See also
- Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- bammo
Czech
Noun
mambo n
- mambo (dance)
Further reading
- mambo in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
French
Etymology
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??.bo/
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Further reading
- “mambo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Noun
mambo m (invariable)
- mambo (dance and music)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Kimbundu mambu.
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- (Angola, colloquial) thing
- Synonym: coisa
Etymology 2
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Spanish
Etymology
From American Spanish, likely from Haitian Creole [Term?], ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”).
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mambo
- plural of jambo
Interjection
mambo
- (colloquial) how are you?
Swedish
Etymology 1
Probably from Haitian Creole mambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mamb?/
- Rhymes: -amb?
Noun
mambo c
- (dance) mambo; a type of Latin American dance
Declension
Etymology 2
Blend of mamma (“mum”) +? sambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (sometimes proscribed) /?mamb?/, /²mam?bu?/
Noun
mambo c
- (somewhat humorous) a person who still lives with their parents
Usage notes
- For notes on the pronunciation, see the usage notes under the entry sambo.
Declension
Related terms
- sambo
- särbo
References
- mambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mambo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- bomma
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administrator
- See Wiktionary:Administrators for administrators within Wiktionary.
English
Alternative forms
- administratour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin administr?tor (literally “he that is near to attend”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?m?n?st?e?t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?m?n?st?e?t?/
Noun
administrator (plural administrators)
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
- (law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
- (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
Synonyms
- (one who administers affairs): chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor
- admin
Derived terms
- co-administrator
Related terms
- administer
- administration
- administrative
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin administr?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t.mi.ni?stra?.t?r/, /??t.mi.n?s?tra?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: ad?mi?nis?tra?tor
- Rhymes: -a?t?r
Noun
administrator m (plural administratoren)
- administrator, manager (person in an administrative capacity)
- (Roman Catholicism) ecclesiastical administrator, a steward of a bishop
Related terms
- administrateur
- administratie
- administratief
- administreren
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch administrator (“administrator”), from Latin administrator (“administrator”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at?min?strat?r/
- Hyphenation: ad?mi?nis?tra?tor
Noun
administrator (first-person possessive administratorku, second-person possessive administratormu, third-person possessive administratornya)
- (government, management) administrator.
Alternative forms
- administratur (nonstandard)
Related terms
Further reading
- “administrator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From administr? (“attend upon, assist”), from ad- (“to”) +? ministr? (“attend, manage”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis?tra?.tor/, [äd?m?n?s??t??ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis?tra.tor/, [?d?minis?t????t??r]
Noun
administr?tor m (genitive administr?t?ris); third declension
- manager, conductor, administrator
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- administr?t?rius
Related terms
- administer
- administr?ti?
- administr?t?vus
- administr?
Descendants
- Catalan: administrador
- English: administrator
- Hungarian: adminisztrátor
- Portuguese: administrador
- Russian: ?????????????? m (administrátor)
- Spanish: administrador
References
- administrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- administrator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- administrator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Latvian
Noun
administrator m
- vocative singular form of administrators
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
administrator m (definite singular administratoren, indefinite plural administratorer, definite plural administratorene)
- an administrator
References
- “administrator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
administrator m (definite singular administratoren, indefinite plural administratorar, definite plural administratorane)
- an administrator
References
- “administrator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin administr?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.m?i.?i?stra.t?r/
Noun
administrator m pers (feminine administratorka)
- administrator
Declension
Further reading
- administrator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French administrateur, Latin administr?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis.tra?tor/
Noun
administrator m (plural administratori, feminine equivalent administratoare)
- administrator
Declension
Synonyms
- intendent
Derived terms
- administrator delegat
Related terms
- administra
- administrabil
- administrare
- administrat
- administrativ
- administra?ie
References
- administrator in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /admin?stra?tor/
- Hyphenation: ad?mi?ni?stra?tor
Noun
adminìstr?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????????)
- administrator
Declension
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