sambo
/ˈsæmboʊ/noun
sambo is spelled S-A-M-B-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sambo means “A sandwich” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sambo is sambos.
How many letters and syllables are in sambo?
| Letters | 5: S-A-M-B-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sambo?
Sambo appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sambo?
- US /ˈsæmboʊ/
Sambo has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sambo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sambo?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sambo from its last stressed vowel (/æmboʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sambo
- sambos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sambo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaIrelandslangA sandwich.
- 2
A Russian martial art and combat sport.
noun
- 1
derogatoryA black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.
- 2
obsoleteoffensiveA person of three quarters African descent and one quarter Caucasian descent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sambo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense martial art:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sambo |
| Portuguese | sambo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sambo come from?
Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "samwich") + excrescent -b- + -o (colloquializing suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).