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goomba

/ˈɡuːmbə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
goom-ba
IPA
/ˈɡuːmbə/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of goombah (“Italian”).

noun

Alternative spelling of gumbe (“Jamaican drum”).

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Goomba.

noun

A mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.

Etymology

Likely derived either from goombah (“friend”), in turn from Neapolitan cumpà, or from Hungarian gomba (“mushroom, fungus”). . For the voicing of stops compare gabagool.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cumpà, gomba

Inflected Forms

goombas (plural)

Phrases

Goomba fallacy

Questions

How do you pronounce goomba?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡuːmbə/.
What does goomba mean?
Alternative spelling of goombah (“Italian”).
Where does goomba come from?
It is traced to Hungarian.

How to pronounce goomba

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