zombie

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Bantu. Compare Kikongo zumbi (fetish), Kimbundu nzambi (god), and Caribbean folklore's jumbee (a spirit or demon). May also be related to sombra.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈzɒmbi/

Hyphenation: zom‧bie

[edit] Noun

zombie (plural zombies)

  1. A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere.
  2. (voodoo, superstition) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his/her own.
  3. (fiction, horror) A deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living.
    I shot a zombie. He was a zombie, Kenneth. The pilot was bitten before he picked us up!
  4. (figuratively) An apathetic person.
  5. (figuratively) A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
    After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie.
  6. An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.[1]
  7. (computing) A process or task which has terminated but was not removed from the list of processes, typically because it has child processes that have not yet terminated.
  8. (computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
  9. A cocktail of rum and fruit juices
  10. (Canada, historical, derogatory) Nickname for a conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.[2]
    • 1944, "Time for Decision," Time (US edition), 6 Nov.,
      Had the time come to order Canada's home defense draftees—some 70,000 zombies idling at home—to battle overseas?
  11. (philosophy) A hypothetical person who lacks self awareness.

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Terms derived from "zombie"

[edit] Translations

the undead

[edit] References

  1. ^ EE Times, "Beware 'zombie' clauses," 2 Aug., 2004
  2. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton Canada, 1988. See "National Resources Mobilization Act," p. 1433.

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Adverb

zombie

  1. in the manner of a zombie, zombically

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

zombie

  1. Alternative form of zombi.

[edit] Declension

Declension of zombie (type nalle)
singular plural
nominative zombie zombiet
genitive zombien zombiejen
zombiein1
partitive zombiea zombieja
accusative zombie
zombien		 zombiet
inessive zombiessa zombieissa
elative zombiesta zombieista
illative zombieen zombieihin
adessive zombiella zombieilla
ablative zombielta zombieilta
allative zombielle zombieille
essive zombiena zombieina
translative zombieksi zombieiksi
instructive – zombiein
abessive zombietta zombieitta
comitative – zombieineen
1) Rare.   

[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

zombie f.

  1. feminine of zombi

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

zombie m. and f. inv.

  1. Alternative spelling of zombi.

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[edit] Noun

zombie c.

  1. zombie

[edit] Declension

Declension of zombie
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zombie zombien zombier zombierna
genitive zombies zombiens zombiers zombiernas
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