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You can make 22 words from banjo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of banjo

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Definitions and meaning of banjo

banjo

Etymology

From the pronunciation of African slaves, of Unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore, alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: băn'jō, IPA^(key): /ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæn.d͡ʒoʊ/

Noun

banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)

1. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

   I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.
2. Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
3. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
4. (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
5. (mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Esperanto: banĝo
• → Irish: bainseo
• → Japanese: バンジョー
• → Macedonian: бенџо (bendžo)
• → Mongolian: банжо (banžo)
• → Russian: банджо (bandžo)
• → Thai: แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo)
• → Welsh: banjô
• → Yiddish: באַנדזשאָ (bandzho)

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Verb

banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)

1. To play a banjo.
2. (transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down.
   • 1998, "Fergie's world just gets Madar" (Sport), Sunday Mail, Jan 4, 1998

     Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
3. (transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target).

References

Further reading

• Alice Parkinson, Music (2006), p. 22.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bagno. Compare Greek μπάνιο (bánio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɲo/
• Rhymes: -aɲo

Noun

banjo f (plural banjo, definite banjoja)

1. Alternative form of banjë

References

• Dashi, B. (2013) “bagno”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 87

Czech

Noun

banjo n

1. banjo

   Synonym: (much less common) benžo

Declension

Further reading

• banjo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑn.joː/
• Hyphenation: ban‧jo

Noun

banjo m (plural banjo's, diminutive banjootje n)

1. banjo (stringed instrument)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: banyo

Finnish

Etymology

From English banjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑnjo/, [ˈbɑ̝njo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnjo
• Syllabification^(key): ban‧jo

Noun

banjo

1. banjo

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “banjo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.ʒo/, /bɑ̃.dʒo/

Noun

banjo m (plural banjos)

1. banjo

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

banjō

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐍉

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish banjo, from English banjo.

Noun

banjo

1. banjo

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈband͡ʒo]
• Hyphenation: ban‧jo

Noun

banjo (first-person possessive banjoku, second-person possessive banjomu, third-person possessive banjonya)

1. Alternative form of banyo

Further reading

• “banjo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

banjo m (invariable)

1. (music) banjo

Malay

Noun

banjo (Jawi spelling بنجو, plural banjo-banjo, informal 1st possessive banjoku, 2nd possessive banjomu, 3rd possessive banjonya)

1. (music) banjo

Further reading

• “banjo” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English banjo, 18th century black American rendition of bandore.

Noun

banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoer, definite plural banjoene)

1. (music) a banjo

References

• “banjo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English banjo, as above.

Noun

banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoar, definite plural banjoane)

1. (music) a banjo

References

• “banjo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• bandżo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English banjo, from bandore, from Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandūra, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra). Doublet of bandura and mandola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.d͡ʐɔ/
• Rhymes: -and͡ʐɔ
• Syllabification: ban‧jo

Noun

banjo n (indeclinable)

1. (music) banjo

Further reading

• banjo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• banjo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ban‧jo

Noun

banjo m (plural banjos)

1. (music) banjo (a musical instrument)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French banjo.

Noun

banjo n (plural banjouri)

1. banjo

Declension

Spanish

Noun

banjo m (plural banjos or banjoes)

1. banjo

Further reading

• “banjo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation

Noun

banjo (n class, plural banjo)

1. banjo

Swedish

Noun

banjo c

1. (music) banjo

Declension

References

• banjo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• banjo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• bojan

Welsh

Alternative forms

• banjô

Etymology

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈband͡ʒɔ/

Noun

banjo m (plural banjos or banjoau)

1. banjo

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “banjo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from English banjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanjoː/

Noun

banjo c (plural banjo's, diminutive banjoke)

1. banjo

Further reading

• “banjo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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