zebu

See also: Zebu, zébu, and zebù

English

Etymology

From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, male bull–yak hybrid), whence also zobo).

Pronunciation

Noun

zebu (plural zebus)

  1. A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛbu]

Noun

zebu m anim

  1. zebu (type of ox)

Declension

Also indeclinable.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English zebu, from French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, male bull–yak hybrid).

Pronunciation

Noun

zébu (plural zebu-zebu)

  1. zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)
    Synonyms: sapi benggala, (less common) benggala

Japanese

Romanization

zebu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゼブ

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

zebu m (definite singular zebuen, indefinite plural zebuer, definite plural zebuene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sebu

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.bu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛbu
  • Syllabification: ze‧bu

Noun

zebu n

  1. zebu

Further reading

  • zebu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zébu,[1][2] from Tibetan.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /zɨˈbu/ [zɨˈβu]

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ze‧bu

Noun

zebu m (plural zebus)

  1. (zoology) zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)
    Synonyms: zebo, gebo, boi-de-corcova

References

  1. ^ zebu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ zebu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zébu.

Noun

zebu m (uncountable)

  1. zebu

Declension

Declension of zebu
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative zebu zebul
genitive-dative zebu zebului
vocative zebule

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zebu (Cyrillic spelling зебу)

  1. accusative singular of zeba