English Online Dictionary. What means zoo? What does zoo mean?
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)
- A park where live animals are exhibited.
- (informal, figurative) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
- (informal, figurative) A large and varied collection of something.
- (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.
- 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)
- (slang) A zoophile.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈzo.o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈzo.u/
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- (chiefly Belgium) zoo
Synonyms
- dierentuin, diergaarde
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adverb
zoo
- 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)
- zoo
Synonyms
- bestoĝardeno
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo/, /zo.o/
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- (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)
- Clipping of jardim zoológico.
- Synonym: (Brazil) zoológico
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ou
- Hyphenation: zo‧o
Verb
zoo
- first-person singular present indicative of zoar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French zoo.
Noun
zoo n (uncountable)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- good, fair, fine, well
Derived terms
- mus zoo
- nyob zoo
Yola
Adverb
zoo
- 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