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5-letter words (2 found)

RUMBA,UMBRA,

4-letter words (6 found)

ARUM,BARM,BAUR,BURA,MURA,UMRA,

3-letter words (14 found)

AMU,ARB,ARM,BAM,BAR,BRA,BRU,BUM,BUR,MAR,RAM,RUB,RUM,URB,

2-letter words (8 found)

AB,AM,AR,BA,MA,MU,UM,UR,

You can make 30 words from rumba according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of rumba

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Definitions and meaning of rumba

rumba

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʊmbə/, /ˈɹʌmbə/

Noun

rumba (plural rumbas)

  1. A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

Translations

Verb

rumba (third-person singular simple present rumbas, present participle rumbaing, simple past and past participle rumbaed)

  1. To dance the rumba.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Burma, umbra

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrum.bə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈrum.ba]

Noun

rumba f (plural rumbes)

  1. rumba (dance)

Further reading

  • “rumba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Noun

rumba f

  1. rumba

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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/
  • Hyphenation: rum‧ba

Noun

rumba f (plural rumba's, diminutive rumbaatje n)

  1. rumba

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrumbɑ/, [ˈrumbɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -umbɑ
  • Syllabification(key): rum‧ba

Noun

rumba

  1. rumba (dance)
  2. (figurative) fuss

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rumba”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Burma, burma, umbra

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from rumbo (route).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁum.ba/

Noun

rumba f (plural rumbas)

  1. 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.

Noun

rumba (plural rumbák)

  1. rumba (dance)
Declension

Etymology 2

rum +‎ -ba

Noun

rumba

  1. illative singular of rum
    Jeget tesznek a rumba.They put ice in the rum.

References

Irish

Etymology

From English rumba, from Cuban Spanish.

Noun

rumba m (genitive singular rumba, nominative plural rumbaí)

  1. rumba

Declension

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)

  1. rumba

Anagrams

  • bruma, umbra

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrum.ba/
  • Rhymes: -umba
  • Syllabification: rum‧ba

Noun

rumba f

  1. rumba

Declension

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)

  1. (Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia) party
  2. rumba (Cuban dance)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: rumba
  • German: Rumba

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English rumba.

Noun

rumba (n class, plural rumba)

  1. rumba
    rumba ya CongoCongolese rumba

Swedish

Noun

rumba c

  1. rumba

Declension

References

  • rumba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • rumba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • rumba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾumba/, [ˈɾum.bɐ]
  • Hyphenation: rum‧ba

Noun

rumba (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. rumba (Cuban dance and music)

Source: wiktionary.org