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English

Etymology

Clipping of zoological garden, now the usual form. See zoology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Noun

zoo (plural zoos)

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
2. (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

3. (US, military, slang) The jungle.
   • 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)

     I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.

4. (slang) A zoophile.
   • 2013, Mark Hawthorne, Bleating Hearts: The Hidden World of Animal Suffering

     Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation.

   • 2016, Jessica Pierce, Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets (page 129)

     Bestiality or zoophilia—whatever we decide to call it—is one of the most pressing issues for all domesticated animals, […] From the scanty research available, the following picture emerges: the majority of zoos are male, though certainly not all; […]

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?zo.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?zo.u/

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of zoològic.

Further reading

• “zoo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Noun

zoo f

1. zoo

Synonyms

• zoologická zahrada

Danish

Etymology

From English zoo

Noun

zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)

1. a zoo, zoological garden

Synonyms

• zoologisk have

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /zo?/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /zu?/, /zo?/
• Hyphenation: zoo
• Rhymes: -o?

Etymology 1

Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) zoo

Synonyms

• dierentuin, diergaarde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adverb

zoo

1. Archaic spelling of zo.

Esperanto

Etymology

Clipping of zoologia ?ardeno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zoo/
• Hyphenation: zo?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

zoo (accusative singular zoon, plural zooj, accusative plural zoojn)

1. zoo

Synonyms

• besto?ardeno

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo/, /zo.o/

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoologique

Further reading

• “zoo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?z?.o/

Noun

zoo m (invariable)

1. zoo

Related terms

• giardino zoologico

Malay

Etymology

From English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu/
• Rhymes: -zu, -u

Noun

zoo

1. zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)

Synonyms

• kebun binatang
• taman haiwan

Polish

Etymology

From English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z??/

Noun

zoo n (indeclinable)

1. (zoology) zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)

   Synonym: ogród zoologiczny

Further reading

• zoo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• zoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zôo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?zo.u/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?zo.u/, /?zow/
• Rhymes: -o.u

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of zoológico.

Verb

zoo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of zoar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??oo/, [??o.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?soo/, [?so.o]

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoológico

Further reading

• “zoo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?/
• Homophone: so

Noun

zoo n

1. zoo

Declension

Related terms

• zoo-

References

• zoo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-?r??H (“good”). Cognate with Iu Mien longx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/

Adjective

zoo

1. good

Derived terms

• mus zoo
• nyob zoo

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[2], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.

English

Pronunciation

Noun

zol (plural zols)

1. (South Africa, slang) A marijuana cigarette.
   • 1983, Athol Fugard, Notebooks, 1960-1977 (page 176)

     An important man as he was the only source of the brown paper used for rolling zols.

   • 2001, K. Sello Duiker, The quiet violence of dreams (page 9)

     Look, you can't smoke four hundred zols a day...

   • 2007, Shunna Pillay, Shadow people (page 43)

     "All right, where's the zol?" Raju asked.
     "Why?"
     "You want to go in, we've got to give him dagga."

Anagrams

• LZO

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?l/

Noun

zol (plural zolle, diminutive zolletjie)

1. joint (cigarette containing weed)

Derived terms

• daggazol

Turkmen

Noun

zol (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

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