Zimbabwe
English
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
- 2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian[1]:
- According to Ncube, the MDC believed, from 2000, that Britain's interest in Zimbabwe had more to do with concern for white farmers than black Zimbabweans.
Hypernyms
Translations
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Harare)
Derived terms
Chichewa
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/
Proper noun
Zimbábwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɪmbabvɛ]
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, relational adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
- “Zimbabwe”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Dutch
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑ̝bwe̞]
- Rhymes: -imbɑbwe
- Syllabification(key): Zim‧bab‧we
- Hyphenation(key): Zim‧bab‧we
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
- Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe
Declension
Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
accusative | nom. | Zimbabwe | — |
gen. | Zimbabwen | ||
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
inessive | Zimbabwessa | — | |
elative | Zimbabwesta | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
adessive | Zimbabwella | — | |
ablative | Zimbabwelta | — | |
allative | Zimbabwelle | — | |
essive | Zimbabwena | — | |
translative | Zimbabweksi | — | |
abessive | Zimbabwetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
- adjectives: zimbabwelainen
- nouns: zimbabwelainen
Hungarian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzimbɒbvɛ]
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
- Rhymes: -vɛ
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwénak | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwéval | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévá | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwéban | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénál | — |
illative | Zimbabwéba | — |
sublative | Zimbabwéra | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhoz | — |
elative | Zimbabwéból | — |
delative | Zimbabwéról | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétól | — |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéja | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétok | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjuk | — |
or somewhat less commonly
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwének | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwével | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévé | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwében | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénél | — |
illative | Zimbabwébe | — |
sublative | Zimbabwére | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhez | — |
elative | Zimbabwéből | — |
delative | Zimbabwéről | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétől | — |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
---|---|---|
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéje | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétek | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjük | — |
Derived terms
- zimbabwei
See also
- Algéria
- Angola
- Benin
- Bissau-Guinea
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comore-szigetek
- Csád
- Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
- Dél-Szudán
- Dzsibuti
- Egyenlítői-Guinea
- Egyiptom
- Elefántcsontpart
- Eritrea
- Etiópia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghána
- Guinea
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Köztársaság
- Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
- Lesotho
- Libéria
- Líbia
- Madagaszkár
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokkó
- Mauritánia
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namíbia
- Niger
- Nigéria
- Ruanda
- Seychelle-szigetek
- Sierra Leone
- São Tomé és Príncipe
- Szenegál
- Szomália
- Szudán
- Szváziföld
- Tanzánia
- Togo
- Tunézia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Zöld-foki Köztársaság
Italian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) */d͡zimˈba.bu.e/[1]
- Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we
Proper noun
Zimbabwe m
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Zimbabwe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zimˈba.bvɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -abvɛ
- Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwejski or zimbabweński)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
- Zimbabwenka
- Zimbabweńczyk
See also
- Algieria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Czad
- Demokratyczna Republika Konga
- Dżibuti
- Egipt
- Erytrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gwinea
- Gwinea Bissau
- Gwinea Równikowa
- Kamerun
- Kenia
- Komory
- Kongo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Maroko
- Mauretania
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Południowa Afryka
- Republika Środkowoafrykańska
- Republika Zielonego Przylądka
- Rwanda
- Sahara Zachodnia
- Senegal
- Seszele
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Południowy
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunezja
- Uganda
- Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
- Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe m
- alternative form of Zimbabué: Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Shona
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/
Proper noun
Zimbábwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
References
- “Zimbabwe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Swahili
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
See also
- Algeriet
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Centralafrikanska republiken
- Demokratiska republiken Kongo
- Djibouti
- Egypten
- Ekvatorialguinea
- Elfenbenskusten
- Eritrea
- Etiopien
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenya
- Komorerna
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marocko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Moçambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé och Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychellerna
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Sydafrika
- Sydsudan
- Tanzania
- Tchad
- Togo
- Tunisien
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
References
Tsonga
Noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)