bambú

See also: bambu, bámbu, and bambù

Asturian

Etymology

From Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Noun

bambú m (uncountable)

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəmˈbu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bamˈbu]

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Noun

bambú m (uncountable)

1. bamboo

Further reading

• “bambú” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bambú”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bambú” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bambú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Noun

bambú m (plural bambús)

1. bamboo

Further reading

• “bambú”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bamˈbu/ [bãmˈbu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: bam‧bú

Noun

bambú m (plural bambús or bambúes)

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

Derived terms

• bambú de la suerte
• bambú sagrado

 

Further reading

• “bambú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10