Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

cacimbo

American

[kuh-sim-boh] / kəˈsɪm boʊ /

Or Cacimbo

noun

the dry, cool season in the Congo Basin that occurs from May to September: characterized by heavy morning fogs and mists.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

cacimbos

plural

Etymology

Origin of cacimbo

First recorded in 1860–65; from Portuguese, said to be from Kimbundu, a Bantu language of northern Angola, used as a name for the season

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.