rumba
French, noun/ʁum.ba/
rumba is spelled R-U-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumba is a French feminine noun meaning “rumba (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musique cubaine fait de chants et de percussions apparue au XIX^(ème) siècle dans le milieu afro-cubain de La…”.
What does rumba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerumba (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musique cubaine fait de chants et de percussions apparue au XIX^(ème) siècle dans le milieu afro-cubain de La Havane. 2. Style de danse sur cette musique ou sur tout autre rythme latino.
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 rumba
- rumbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rumba?
- /ʁum.ba/
- \ʁum.ba\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rumba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rumba in French?
rumba appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).