zebu
English
Etymology
From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈziː.b(j)uː/, /ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/, /ˈzeɪ.b(j)uː/
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- Rhymes: -iːbuː
Noun
zebu (plural zebus)
- 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
domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa
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Further reading
- zebu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bos indicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Bos taurus indicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɛbu]
Noun
zebu m anim
- zebu (type of ox)
Declension
Also indeclinable.
Declension of zebu (masculine animate in -u)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zebu | zebuové |
| genitive | zebua | zebuů |
| dative | zebuovi | zebuům |
| accusative | zebua | zebuy |
| vocative | zebu | zebuové |
| locative | zebuovi | zebuech |
| instrumental | zebuem | zebuy |
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English zebu, from French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈzebu/ [ˈze.bu]
- Rhymes: -ebu
- Syllabification: ze‧bu
Noun
zébu (plural zebu-zebu)
- zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)
- Synonyms: sapi benggala, (less common) benggala
Japanese
Romanization
zebu
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
zebu m (definite singular zebuen, indefinite plural zebuer, definite plural zebuene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sebu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
Further reading
- zebu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French zébu,[1][2] from Tibetan.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /zeˈbu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /zɨˈbu/ [zɨˈβu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: ze‧bu
Noun
zebu m (plural zebus)
- (zoology) zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)
- Synonyms: zebo, gebo, boi-de-corcova
References
- ^ “zebu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “zebu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
zebu m (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | zebu | zebul |
| genitive-dative | zebu | zebului |
| vocative | zebule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
zebu (Cyrillic spelling зебу)
- accusative singular of zeba