gnu

See also: Gnu, GNU, gnú, and gnû

English

Etymology

Taken from Khoekhoe, likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njuː/
• IPA^(key): /nuː/, /njuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: new, nu, knew

In the UK, "gnu" is pronounced nearly ubiquitously as /ɡəˈnuː/ due to the cultural impact of the Flanders and Swann song The Gnu.

Noun

a few gnus

gnu (plural gnus or gnu)

1. A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa having curved horns.

Synonyms

• wildebeest

Translations

large antelope of the genus Connochaetes

• Afrikaans: wildebees (af)
• Assamese: নু পহু (nu pohu)
• Asturian: ñu m
• Azerbaijani: qnu
• Bulgarian: гну (gnu)
• Catalan: nyu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛羚 (niúlíng), 角馬／角马, 角马 (jiǎomǎ)

• Czech: pakůň (cs) m
• Danish: gnu (da) c
• Dutch: gnoe (nl) m
• Esperanto: gnuo
• Faroese: gnýur m
• Finnish: gnu (fi), gnuu (fi)
• French: gnou (fr) m
• Galician: ñu
• German: Gnu (de) n
• Greek: γκνου (el) n (gknou)
• Hebrew: גנו m (g'nu)
• Hungarian: gnú (hu)
• Icelandic: gnýr (is) m
• Irish: gnú m
• Italian: gnu (it) m, kokoon m
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• Japanese: ヌー (ja) (nū), 牛氈鹿 (ウシカモシカ, ushikamoshika)
• Korean: 누 (ko) (nu)
• Macedonian: гну n (gnu)
• Malay: gnu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gnu (no) m

  Nynorsk: gnu m

• Polish: gnu (pl) f or n
• Portuguese: gnu (pt) m
• Romanian: gnu (ro) m
• Romansch: gnu m
• Russian: гну (ru) m or f (gnu), антило́па-гну f (antilópa-gnu)
• Slovene: gnu (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: gnu m

• Spanish: ñu (es) m
• Swahili: nyumbu (sw), mbogo (sw)
• Swedish: gnu (sv) c
• Tagalog: nyu
• Turkish: gnu
• Vietnamese: linh dương đầu bò

Further reading

• gnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gnu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Ngu, Ung, gun, nug

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Danish

Etymology

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe, from Bantu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnuː/, [ɡ̊nuːˀ]

Noun

gnu c (singular definite gnuen, plural indefinite gnuer)

1. gnu, wildebeest

Inflection

Declension of gnu

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gnu	gnuen	gnuer	gnuerne
genitive	gnus	gnuens	gnuers	gnuernes

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• gnuu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnuː/, [ˈɡnuː]
• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: gnu

Noun

gnu

1. gnu, wildebeest (antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
2. black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou (large antelope native to south Africa)
3. blue wildebeest, brindled gnu, Connochaetes taurinus (large antelope native to eastern Africa)

Declension

Declension of gnu (type maa) singular plural nominative gnu gnut genitive gnun gnuiden partitive gnuta gnuita accusative gnu gnun gnut inessive gnussa gnuissa elative gnusta gnuista illative gnuhun gnuihin adessive gnulla gnuilla ablative gnulta gnuilta allative gnullu gnuille essive gnuna gnuina translative gnuksi gnuiksi abessive gnutta gnuitta instructive – gnuin comitative – gnuineen

Synonyms

• (Connochaetes gnou): valkohäntägnu
• (Connochaetes taurinus): juovagnu

Derived terms

• valkohäntägnu, Connochaetes gnou (black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu)
• juovagnu, Connochaetes taurinus, (blue wildebeest, brindled gnu)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (uncountable)

1. gnu
2. wildebeest, kokoon

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From an African language, via German Gnu

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuer, definite plural gnuene)

1. a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

References

• “gnu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From an African language, via German Gnu

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuar, definite plural gnuane)

1. a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

References

• “gnu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnu/

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Noun

gnu n

1. gnu

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnu/, /ɡi.ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (plural gnus)

1. gnu

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare and gnyðr (“murmur”).

Pronunciation

• Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

Noun

1. roaring, rumbling