zebu
English edit
Etymology edit
From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull-yak hybrid”), whence also zobo).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈziː.buː/, /ˈziː.bjuː/, /ˈzɛ.buː/, /ˈzɛ.bjuː/, /ˈzeɪ.buː/, /ˈzeɪ.bjuː/
- Rhymes: -ɛbjuː, -eɪbuː, -eɪbjuː
Noun edit
zebu (plural zebus)
- A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos primigenius indicus).
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa
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Further reading edit
- zebu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bos indicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bos taurus indicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zebu m anim
- zebu (type of ox)
Declension edit
Also indeclinable.
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
zebu (first-person possessive zebuku, second-person possessive zebumu, third-person possessive zebunya)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
zebu
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
zebu m (definite singular zebuen, indefinite plural zebuer, definite plural zebuene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sebu
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zebu n
Further reading edit
- zebu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French zébu,[1][2] from Tibetan.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ze‧bu
Noun edit
zebu m (plural zebus)
References edit
- ^ “zebu” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “zebu” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
zebu m (uncountable)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
zebu (Cyrillic spelling зебу)