Jumbo

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• jumbo — jumbo …   Dictionnaire des rimes

• Jumbo — The Elephant (1861 September 15, 1885) was a very large African bush elephant, born 1861 in French Sudan, imported to a Paris zoo, transferred to the London Zoo in 1865, and sold in 1882 to P. T. Barnum, for the circus. The giant elephant s name… …   Wikipedia

• jumbo — jum‧bo [ˈdʒʌmbəʊ ǁ boʊ] adjective [only before a noun] larger than the usual size: • Jumbo loans carry higher interest rates than smaller loans. * * * Ⅰ. jumbo UK US /ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/ adjective [only before noun] ► much larger than the usual size: »a… …   Financial and business terms

• Jumbo — er den mest berømte elefant gennem tiderne og har givet navn til begrebet jumbojet. Jumbo var en afrikansk elefant, født i Fransk Sudan omkring 1861. Jumbo blev importeret til Frankrig og holdt i den zoologiske have Jardin des Plantes nær Gare de …   Danske encyklopædi

• jumbo — ● jumbo nom masculin (américain jumbo, surnom de l éléphant) Chariot à portique supportant des perforatrices et servant au forage des trous de mine pour l abattage des roches ou au forage des trous de boulonnage pour le soutènement. ⇒JUMBO, subst …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• jumbo — (adj.) very large, unusually large for its type, 1882, a reference to Jumbo, name of the London Zoo s huge elephant (acquired from France, said to have been captured as a baby in Abyssinia in 1861), sold February 1882 to U.S. circus showman P.T.… …   Etymology dictionary

• Jumbo — puede referirse a: Jumbo el famoso elefante del circo de Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey; La cadena de supermercados chilena Jumbo; Al grupo mexicano de rock en español, Jumbo; La aeronave Boeing 747. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga ar …   Wikipedia Español

• jumbo — JÚMBO s.n. Vehicul de transportat perforatoarele de forare în mine sau în străpungerile subterane. [pron. gium . / < americ., fr. jumbo – nume glumeţ dat unui elefant]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 12.05.2005. Sursa: DN  JUMBO GIÁM BO/ s. n.… …   Dicționar Român

• jumbo — informal ► NOUN (pl. jumbos) 1) a very large person or thing. 2) a jumbo jet. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very large. ORIGIN probably the second element of MUMBO JUMBO(Cf. ↑mumbo jumbo) …   English terms dictionary

• jumbo — o jumbo jet /dʒumboˈdʒɛt, dʒamboˈdʒɛt, ingl. ˈdʒʌmbəud jɛt/ [dal nome Jumbo dato a un elefante portato a Londra da Barnum] s. m. inv. boeing (ingl.) …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione