Jumbo — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of great mass; huge and bulky

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈʌmboʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈʌmbəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈʌmbəʊ/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈʌmboʊ/.

Examples

a jumbo jet
jumbo shrimp

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

giant gargantuan elephantine

Parts of Speech

adjective

of great mass; huge and bulky

“a jumbo jet”

Word Forms

Gargantua	noun	a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name
giant	noun	a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

géant

de grande masse; énorme et volumineux

🇵🇹Portuguese

enorme

de grande massa; enorme e volumoso

🇷🇺Russian

гигантский

большой массы; огромный и громоздкий

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जंबो

महान द्रव्यमान का; विशाल और भारी

🇧🇩Bengali

জাম্বো

মহান ভর; বিশাল এবং ভারী

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜம்போ

பெரும் நிறை கொண்டது; பெரிய மற்றும் பருமனான

🇮🇳Telugu

జంబో

గొప్ప ద్రవ్యరాశి; భారీ మరియు భారీ

🇮🇳Marathi

जंबो

मोठ्या वस्तुमानाचे; प्रचंड आणि अवजड

🇮🇳Gujarati

જમ્બો

મહાન સમૂહ; વિશાળ અને વિશાળ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಂಬೂ

ದೊಡ್ಡ ದ್ರವ್ಯರಾಶಿಯ; ಬೃಹತ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬೃಹತ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജംബോ

വലിയ പിണ്ഡം; വലുതും വലുതും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੰਬੋ

ਮਹਾਨ ਪੁੰਜ ਦਾ; ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਰੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

جمبو

بڑے پیمانے پر؛ بہت بڑا اور بھاری

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

巨型

质量大；巨大而笨重

🇯🇵Japanese

ジャンボ

大きな塊。巨大でかさばる

🇰🇷Korean

거대한 것

엄청난 질량; 거대하고 부피가 큰

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khổng lồ

có khối lượng lớn; to lớn và cồng kềnh

🇹🇭Thai

จัมโบ้

มีมวลมหาศาล ใหญ่โตและเทอะทะ

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جامبو

ذات كتلة كبيرة؛ ضخمة وضخمة

🇮🇷Persian

جامبو

توده زیاد؛ بزرگ و حجیم

🇹🇷Turkish

büyük

büyük kütleli; kocaman ve hantal

🇮🇱Hebrew

עֲנָק

בעל מסה גדולה; ענק ומגושם

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