zoo

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English

Etymology

Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

zoo (plural zoos)

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
2. (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

3. (informal, figuratively) A large and varied collection of something.
4. (US, military, slang) The jungle.
   • 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)

     I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.

5. (slang) A zoophile.

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Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.u/

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of zoològic.

Further reading

• “zoo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzoo]

Noun

zoo f or n

1. zoo

   Synonym: zoologická zahrada

Declension

Normally indeclinable. When neuter, can be declined as follows, although it is dated:

Further reading

• zoo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• zoo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• zoo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From English zoo.

Noun

zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)

1. a zoo, zoological garden

Synonyms

• zoologisk have

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /zoː/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /zuː/, /zoː/
• Hyphenation: zoo
• Rhymes: -oː

Etymology 1

Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) zoo

Synonyms

• dierentuin, diergaarde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

zoo

1. Archaic spelling of zo.

Esperanto

Etymology

Clipping of zoologia ĝardeno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzoo]
• Rhymes: -oo
• Hyphenation: zo‧o

Noun

zoo (accusative singular zoon, plural zooj, accusative plural zoojn)

1. zoo

Synonyms

• bestoĝardeno

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo/, /zo.o/

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoologique

Further reading

• “zoo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɔ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɔo
  • Hyphenation: zò‧o
• (especially Rome) IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɔ/^*
  • Rhymes: -ɔ

Noun

zoo m (invariable)

1. zoo

Related terms

• giardino zoologico

Malay

Etymology

From English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu/
• Rhymes: -zu, -u

Noun

zoo (Jawi spelling زو‎, plural zoo-zoo, informal 1st possessive zooku, 2nd possessive zoomu, 3rd possessive zoonya)

1. zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)

Synonyms

• kebun binatang
• taman haiwan

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.ɔ/, (colloquial) /zɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɔ, -ɔ
• Syllabification: zo‧o
• Syllabification: zoo

Noun

zoo n (indeclinable)

1. (zoology) nature preserve, zoo, zoological garden, zoological park

   Synonyms: ogród zoologiczny, zoolog, zwierzyniec

Derived terms

Further reading

• zoo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zôo (Brazilian, superseded)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u, -ou

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of jardim zoológico.
2. Synonym: (Brazil) zoológico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ou
• Hyphenation: zo‧o

Verb

zoo

1. first-person singular present indicative of zoar

Romanian

Etymology

From French zoo.

Noun

zoo n (uncountable)

1. zoo

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθoo/ [ˈθo.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsoo/ [ˈso.o]
• Rhymes: -oo
• Syllabification: zo‧o

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

Further reading

• “zoo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Homophone: so

Noun

zoo n

1. zoo

Declension

Related terms

• zoo-

References

• zoo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-ʔrɔŋH (“good”). Cognate with Iu Mien longx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐɒ̃˧/

Adjective

zoo

1. good

Derived terms

• mus zoo
• nyob zoo

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

Yola

Adverb

zoo

1. Alternative form of zo

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 82