Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zumbi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: zum-bi
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.

noun

Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”).

noun

Nonstandard spelling of zombie.

Example Sentences

"and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi, or ghost killing men by reapparition."
"as a libation, it would appear, to the zumbi or n’zumbi of the other world, by and with whom they always deem themselves surrounded and connected."
"The patients duly offered a banquet to appease the zumbi, but in Modena’s view the only purpose of the ritual was to invoke the demon."

Inflected Forms

zumbis (plural)

Phrases

Zumbi Day

Questions

What does zumbi mean?: The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.

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