gumbo

gumbo
I. noun (plural gumbos) Etymology: American French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggômbo okra Date: 1805 1. a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables 2. okra 1 3. a. any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central United States that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky b. a heavy sticky mud 4. mixture, melange • gumbo adjective II. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: American French gombo, perhaps from Kongo nkômbô runaway slave Date: 1838 creole 4a

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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Synonyms:
(Abelmoschos esculentus)


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  • Gumbo — Gum bo (g[u^]m b[ o]), n. [Written also gombo.] 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken ({chicken gumbo}), or seafood ({seafood gumbo}), thickened with okra or file, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gumbo — ☆ gumbo [gum′bō ] n. [< Bantu name for okra] 1. OKRA (senses 1 & 2) 2. a soup thickened with unripe okra pods, usually made with tomatoes, vegetables, and chicken, ham, or seafood 3. a fine, silty soil of the Western prairies, which becomes… …   English World dictionary

  • Gumbo — Gumbo, s. Abelmoschus …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Gumbo — Gumbo, Pflanzenart, s. Hibiscus …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • gumbo — 1805, from Louisiana French, probably ultimately from Central Bantu dialect (Cf. Mbundu ngombo okra ) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Gumbo — Infobox Prepared Food name = Gumbo caption = A bowl of shrimp gumbo. alternate name = country = United States region = Louisiana creator = course = served = main ingredient = Stock Okra Meat and/or Shellfish Celery Bell Peppers Onion rice… …   Wikipedia

  • Gumbo — Un plato de gumbo con gambas. Gumbo es una sopa que se puede encontrar en algunos restaurantes del Golfo de México en los Estados Unidos. Es muy popular en Luisiana entre los criollos, en el Sudeste de Texas, el sur de Misisipi y el Lowcountry de …   Wikipedia Español

  • Gumbo — Shrimp Gumbo mit Reis Gumbo ist ein würziges, mit dunkler Mehlschwitze (Roux) angedicktes Eintopfgericht der US amerikanischen Südstaatenküche. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • gumbo — /gum boh/, n., pl. gumbos, adj. n. 1. a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener. 2. okra. 3. soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet. adj. 4. of, pertaining to, or like… …   Universalium

  • Gumbo —  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Gombo. Gumbo de crevettes. Le gumbo est un ragoût ou une soupe originaire de la Louisiane française au co …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gumbo — /gum boh/, n. (sometimes l.c.) a French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies. * * * In soil science, any of various fine grained, rich, black, alluvial soils, especially of the central U.S., that when wet… …   Universalium

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