ndombolo
French, noun\ndom.bo.lo\
ndombolo is spelled N-D-O-M-B-O-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ndombolo is a French masculine noun meaning “ndombolo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse d’animation originaire du Congo-Kinshasa, imitant la démarche d’un boiteux ou d’un animal”.
What does ndombolo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinendombolo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse d’animation originaire du Congo-Kinshasa, imitant la démarche d’un boiteux ou d’un animal. 2. Musique sur laquelle on danse le ndombolo. 3. Sandale à semelle épaisse.
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 ndombolo
- ndombolos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ndombolo?
- \ndom.bo.lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ndombolo in French?
ndombolo appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).