"djembê" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /d͡ʒẽˈbe/ [Brazil], /d͡ʒẽˈbe/ [Portugal] Forms: djembês [plural], jembê [alternative]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From French djembé, from Mandinka jembe, from Bambara. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|fr|djembé}} French djembé, {{der|pt|mnk|jembe}} Mandinka jembe, {{der|pt|bm|-}} Bambara Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} djembê m (plural djembês)
  1. djembe Tags: masculine Related terms: djembefola (english: somebody who plays the djembe)

Inflected forms

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    [
      "djembé",
      "djembé#French"
    ],
    [
      "jembe",
      "jembe#Mandinka"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "fr",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "mnk",
        "3": "jembe"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandinka jembe",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Bambara",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French djembé, from Mandinka jembe, from Bambara.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "djembês",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jembê",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "djembê m (plural djembês)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "djem",
        "bê"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Percussion instruments",
          "orig": "pt:Percussion instruments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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          ],
          "english": "Of the four, djembe is the most popular instrument. It gained worldwide repercussion from the 50's onward, mainly because of djembe players like Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê, etc., being very used by nearly all of Africa",
          "ref": "2023 December 6, Katharina Doring, Margarete Conrado, Artes musicais africanas na Diáspora: corpos, vozes, ritmos e sonoridades em movimento, Editora Dialética, →ISBN:",
          "text": "O djembê é o instrumento mais popular entre os quatro. Ganhou repercussão mundial a partir dos anos 50, sobretudo através dos djembefolas Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê etc., sendo muito usado por quase toda a África",
          "translation": "Of the four, djembe is the most popular instrument. It gained worldwide repercussion from the 50's onward, mainly because of djembe players like Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê, etc., being very used by nearly all of Africa",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        ]
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        {
          "english": "somebody who plays the djembe",
          "translation": "somebody who plays the djembe",
          "word": "djembefola"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʒẽˈbe/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒẽˈbe/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
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}
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    [
      "djembé",
      "djembé#French"
    ],
    [
      "jembe",
      "jembe#Mandinka"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": "fr",
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      },
      "expansion": "French djembé",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "mnk",
        "3": "jembe"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandinka jembe",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Bambara",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French djembé, from Mandinka jembe, from Bambara.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "djembês",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jembê",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "djembê m (plural djembês)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "djem",
        "bê"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "somebody who plays the djembe",
      "translation": "somebody who plays the djembe",
      "word": "djembefola"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from French",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Bambara",
        "Portuguese terms derived from French",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Mandinka",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/e",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/e/2 syllables",
        "pt:Percussion instruments"
      ],
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              131
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Of the four, djembe is the most popular instrument. It gained worldwide repercussion from the 50's onward, mainly because of djembe players like Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê, etc., being very used by nearly all of Africa",
          "ref": "2023 December 6, Katharina Doring, Margarete Conrado, Artes musicais africanas na Diáspora: corpos, vozes, ritmos e sonoridades em movimento, Editora Dialética, →ISBN:",
          "text": "O djembê é o instrumento mais popular entre os quatro. Ganhou repercussão mundial a partir dos anos 50, sobretudo através dos djembefolas Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê etc., sendo muito usado por quase toda a África",
          "translation": "Of the four, djembe is the most popular instrument. It gained worldwide repercussion from the 50's onward, mainly because of djembe players like Mamady Keita, Famoudou Conatê, etc., being very used by nearly all of Africa",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒẽˈbe/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒẽˈbe/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "word": "djembê"
}

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