bamboula
French, noun/bɑ̃.bu.la/
bamboula is spelled B-A-M-B-O-U-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bamboula is a French masculine noun meaning “bamboula (drum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de tambour en usage en Afrique noire”.
What does bamboula mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebamboula (drum)
- 2
masculineblack African
noun
- 1
femininebamboula
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de tambour en usage en Afrique noire. 2. Danse exécutée au son de ce tambour. 3. Fête exubérante, bombance. 4. ou Personne noire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bamboula
- bamboulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bamboula?
- /bɑ̃.bu.la/
- \bɑ̃.bu.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bamboula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bamboula in French?
bamboula appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).