jamboree
English
Etymology
Unknown 19th-century American slang. Chosen by Baden-Powell in 1919 for use in the Scout Movement.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒæm.bəˌɹiː/
Noun
jamboree (plural jamborees)
- A lavish or boisterous celebration or party.
- (dated, slang) A frolic or spree.
- 1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co. - In Ambush
- It's a collapsible jamboree, too.
- W. A. Fraser
- A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the manager's bungalow when Raja Singh started on his jamboree.
- 1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co. - In Ambush
- A large rally of Scouts or Guides.
- (euchre) An undefeatable hand containing the five highest cards.
Related terms
Translations
large party
rally of Scouts or Guides
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of jamboree (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jamboree | jamboreet | |
genitive | jamboreen | jamboreiden jamboreitten | |
partitive | jamboreeta | jamboreita | |
illative | jamboreehen jamboreeseen |
jamboreihin jamboreisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jamboree | jamboreet | |
accusative | nom. | jamboree | jamboreet |
gen. | jamboreen | ||
genitive | jamboreen | jamboreiden jamboreitten | |
partitive | jamboreeta | jamboreita | |
inessive | jamboreessa | jamboreissa | |
elative | jamboreesta | jamboreista | |
illative | jamboreehen jamboreeseen |
jamboreihin jamboreisiin | |
adessive | jamboreella | jamboreilla | |
ablative | jamboreelta | jamboreilta | |
allative | jamboreelle | jamboreille | |
essive | jamboreena | jamboreina | |
translative | jamboreeksi | jamboreiksi | |
instructive | — | jamborein | |
abessive | jamboreetta | jamboreitta | |
comitative | — | jamboreineen |
French
References
- Dictionnaire français-anglais Larousse
- Le Robert Micro, Édition Poche, 1998
Further reading
- “jamboree” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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