jamboree
English
editEtymology
editUnknown 19th-century American slang. Chosen by Baden-Powell in 1919 for use in the Scout Movement.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdʒæm.bəˈɹiː/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editjamboree (plural jamborees)
- A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
- 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 244, 245:
- George reeling quietly through the heavy revolving doors into this elderly place. To tip toe across the fat carpet and whisper boo at the reception desk.
"Can I help you sir."
Smith looking out at the eyes. Holding the counter with uncertain hands. Mouth opening and closing. Eyes fixed on all the hanging keys. To open doors. Shirl seems to stand somewhere behind this desk. With her unlit heart. However cold you get, remember me. Gripped in solitude. There can't be a jamboree all the time.
- (dated, slang) A frolic or spree.
- 1898 August, Rudyard Kipling, “‘In Ambush’”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 4:
- [']Chuck us down that net on top of the lockers, Stalky.' / 'That's all right. It's a collapsible jamboree, too. Beastly luxurious dogs these fags are. Built like a fishin'-rod.[']
- 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.
- (scouting) A large rally of Scouts or Guides.
- 2023 August 9, Raphael Rashid, “‘Worst nightmare’: South Korea mulls disastrous Scout jamboree”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- According to recent revelations, much of the jamboree’s 117.1bn won (£700,000) budget was spent on the operation of the organising committee, which seems to have included many lavish trips abroad, sometimes to countries such as Switzerland and Italy that have never hosted jamborees.
- (card games) In euchre: an undefeatable hand containing the five highest cards.
Related terms
editTranslations
editlarge party
rally of Scouts or Guides
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Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editjamboree
- jamboree (of Scouts)
Declension
editInflection 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 | |
abessive | jamboreetta | jamboreitta | |
instructive | — | jamborein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “jamboree”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editjamboree m (plural jamborees)
References
edit- ^ Dictionnaire français-anglais Larousse
- ^ Le Robert Micro, Édition Poche, 1998
Further reading
edit- “jamboree”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French jamboree.
Noun
editjamboree f (plural jamboree)
Declension
editDeclension of jamboree
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) jamboree | jamboreea | (niște) jamboree | jamboreele |
genitive/dative | (unei) jamboree | jamboreei | (unor) jamboree | jamboreelor |
vocative | jamboree, jamboreeo | jamboreelor |
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- en:Scouting
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- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmboreː
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmboreː/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish filee-type nominals
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