samba
French, noun/sɑ̃.ba/
samba is spelled S-A-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samba is a French masculine noun meaning “samba (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre musical originaire du Brésil à deux ou quatre temps”.
What does samba mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesamba (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre musical originaire du Brésil à deux ou quatre temps. 2. Danse associée au genre musical originaire du Brésil à deux ou quatre temps.
noun: 1. Autre nom de l’abachi.
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 samba
- sambas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samba?
- /sɑ̃.ba/
- \sɑ̃.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 samba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samba in French?
samba appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).