English Explanatory Dictionary

goomba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of goombah (“Italian”).
  2. Alternative spelling of gumbe (“Jamaican drum”).
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Goomba.
noun
  1. A mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.

Pronunciation

/ɡuːmbə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Goomba.wav

Word forms

goomba goombas

Etymology

Likely derived either from goombah (“friend”), in turn from Neapolitan cumpà, or from Hungarian gomba (“mushroom, fungus”). . For the voicing of stops compare gabagool.

Derived words

Goomba fallacy
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