different between zoo vs zoop

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

Etymology

Imitative; compare zap, zip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Interjection

zoop

1. (colloquial) Sound effect suggesting rapid motion.
   • 1989, Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox, Apollo, the race to the moon (page 223)

     "Let me show you how this damn stuff explodes in pure oxygen," Johnson said, and turned on the projector. Markley was "totally aghast" himself. "It just went ZOOP! It was unbelievable. The stuff burned like you couldn't imagine."

   • 1999, School Library Journal (volume 45, issues 1-6, page 180)

     On the day they play the Wild Things for the City Cup, he dons his gear (pulling on his underwear with a "zap" and his socks with a "zoop") and heads for the field.

   • 1999, Popular Photography (November 1999)

     And a bit more manly (or womanly) turn of a long tripod screw in a shallow tripod socket and, zoop, through the socket end goes the tripod screw, right into the camera works. And this can also happen with inadequate metal tripod sockets […]

Anagrams

• Pozo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?p

Verb

zoop

1. singular past indicative of zuipen