ζώο

Greek

Alternative forms

• ζώον (zóon) (emphasis on interjection)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓyyon, from Pre-Hellenic *gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeh₃w-y-om, from *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/

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• Hyphenation: ζώ‧ο

Noun

ζώο • (zóo) n (plural ζώα)

1. (zoology) mammal
2. animal, beast, creature
3. brute, stupid (used as derogatory interjection)

Declension

Declension of ζώο

	singular	plural
nominative	ζώο •	ζώα •
genitive	ζώου •	ζώων •
accusative	ζώο •	ζώα •
vocative	ζώο •	ζώα •
vernacular nominative, accusative and vocative plural: ζα

Synonyms

• ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
• ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
• κτήνος m (ktínos, “domestic animal”)

Derived terms

• τα ζώα μου αργά (ta zóa mou argá, “very lazy”)
• βασιλιάς των ζώων (vasiliás ton zóon, “lion, king of beasts”)

Related terms

• see ζωο- (zoo-)
• βρομόζωο n (vromózoo, “dirty animal”)
• επιζωοτία f (epizootía, “epidemic of animals”)
• ζωανθρωπία f (zoanthropía, “zoanthropy”) (psychiatry)
• ζώδιο n (zódio, “astrological sign”)
• ζωικός (zoïkós, “of the animals”) and derivatives
• ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
• ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
• ζωόφιλος (zoófilos, “friend of animals”)
• ζωύφιο n (zoýfio, “small insect”)
• ζωώδης (zoódis, adjective)
• Μετάζωα n pl (Metázoa, “Metazoa”) (biology)
• Παράζωα n pl (Parázoa, “Parazoa”) (biology)
• Πρωτόζωα n pl (Protózoa, “Protozoa”) (biology)
• πειραματόζωο n (peiramatózoo, “guinea pig, animal as experimental subject”)
• Σπορόζωα n pl (Sporózoa, “Sporozoa”) (biology)
• φιλόζωος (filózoos, “friend of animals”)
• φιλοζωικός (filozoïkós, “of friend of animals”)
• ωοζωοτοκία f (oozootokía)
• ωοζωοτόκος (oozootókos)
• and see: ζωή f (zoḯ, “life”)

Further reading

• ζώο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el