Zimbabwe
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
Hypernyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries) [edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
Chichewa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbábwe
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe n
Related terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe n
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
accusative | nom. | Zimbabwe | — |
gen. | Zimbabwen | ||
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
inessive | Zimbabwessa | — | |
elative | Zimbabwesta | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
adessive | Zimbabwella | — | |
ablative | Zimbabwelta | — | |
allative | Zimbabwelle | — | |
essive | Zimbabwena | — | |
translative | Zimbabweksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Zimbabwetta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Zimbabweni | Zimbabwemme |
2nd person | Zimbabwesi | Zimbabwenne |
3rd person | Zimbabwensa |
Derived terms[edit]
- adjectives: zimbabwelainen
- nouns: zimbabwelainen
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwénak | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwéval | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévá | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwéban | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénál | — |
illative | Zimbabwéba | — |
sublative | Zimbabwéra | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhoz | — |
elative | Zimbabwéból | — |
delative | Zimbabwéról | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéja | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétok | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjuk | — |
or somewhat less commonly
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwének | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwével | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévé | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwében | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénél | — |
illative | Zimbabwébe | — |
sublative | Zimbabwére | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhez | — |
elative | Zimbabwéből | — |
delative | Zimbabwéről | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéje | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétek | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjük | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): */d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) */d͡zimˈba.bu.e/[1]
- Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe m
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Zimbabwe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
Related terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable)
Further reading[edit]
- Zimbabwe in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe m
- Alternative form of Zimbabué
Shona[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbábwe
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwe)
References[edit]
- Zimbabwe in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
See also[edit]
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun[edit]
Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms[edit]
- English terms derived from Shona
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Requests for audio pronunciation from Zimbabwe in English entries
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- Afrikaans terms derived from Shona
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Countries
- Chichewa terms derived from Shona
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa proper nouns
- ny:Countries
- Czech terms derived from Shona
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Countries in Africa
- Dutch terms derived from Shona
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Countries in Africa
- Finnish terms derived from Shona
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- fi:Countries
- Hungarian terms derived from Shona
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/vɛ
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Countries in Africa
- hu:Countries
- hu:Zimbabwe
- Italian terms derived from Shona
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/abwe
- Rhymes:Italian/abwe/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/abue
- Rhymes:Italian/abue/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Shona
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Shona
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Countries
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms derived from Shona
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/abvɛ
- Rhymes:Polish/abvɛ/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Exonyms
- Portuguese terms derived from Shona
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Shona lemmas
- Shona proper nouns
- sn:Countries in Africa
- sn:Countries
- Slovak terms derived from Shona
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Countries in Africa
- sk:Countries
- Swahili terms derived from Shona
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms derived from Shona
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries