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goomba

/ˈɡuːmbə/

goomba is the alternative spelling of goombah.

goomba is the alternative spelling of gumbe.

goomba is the alternative letter-case form of Goomba.

Meaning of goombah

Noun

goombah (plural goombahs)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)
  2. (US, slang) A companion, pal, close friend, or associate, especially among Italian-American men. It sometimes has the connotation of an older friend who acts as a patron, protector or adviser.

Meaning of gumbe

Noun

gumbe (uncountable)

  1. A style of music from Guinea-Bissau which is primarily vocal and percussive.

Noun capitalized: Goomba

Goomba (plural Goombas)

  1. A mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.

Forms of goomba

pluralgoombas
pluralGoombas

Origin of goomba

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

Words formed from goomba

Phrases with goomba

Questions about goomba

What does goomba mean?
Goomba means a mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.
What is goomba the alternative spelling of?
Goomba is the alternative spelling of goombah.
What part of speech is goomba?
Goomba is a noun.
How do you pronounce goomba?
Goomba is pronounced /ˈɡuːmbə/.
What is the plural of goomba?
The plural of goomba is goombas.

Words near goomba in the dictionary

  1. goomahs
  2. Goomalibee
  3. Goomansingh
  4. goomar
  5. goomars
  6. goomba
  7. goomba fallacies
  8. goomba fallacy
  9. goombah
  10. goombahs
  11. Goombargana

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goomba (page history and authors); Goomba (page history and authors); goombah (page history and authors); gumbe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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