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Etymology [ edit ] From Latin New Latin hippopotamus Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος hippopotamos ), from ἵππος hippos , “ horse ” ) (English hippo- ποταμός potamos , “ river ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
Hyphenation: hip‧po‧po‧ta‧mus
hippopotamus (plural hippopotamuses or hippopotami or hippopotamus
A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius rhinoceros and elephant are larger.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
large African mammal
Afrikaans: seekoei
Albanian: kali i Nilit hipopotam hippopotamus (sq)
Arabic: فرس النهر m fáras al-nahr ), حصان البحر m ḥiṣān al-baḥr )
Armenian: գետաձի getaji )
Asturian: hipopótamu m
Azeri: begemot (az)
Basque: hipopotamo (eu)
Belarusian: бегемот m behemót ), гіпапатам m hipapatám )
Bengali: জলহস্তী jôlôhôsti )
Bulgarian: хипопотам (bg) m hipopotám )
Burmese: ရေမြင်း (my) (jei mjin: )
Catalan: hipopòtam m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 河馬 (zh) , 河马 (zh) (hémǎ )
Chuvash: бегемот begemot )
Crimean Tatar: suv ayğırı
Czech: hroch (cs) m
Danish: flodhest c
Dutch: nijlpaard (nl) n
Egyptian: ḫȝb
Esperanto: hipopotamo
Estonian: jõehobu (et)
Finnish: virtahepo (fi)
French: hippopotame (fr) m
Galician: hipopótamo m
Georgian: ჰიპოპოტამი hipopotami )
German: Flusspferd (de) n Flusspferdmännchen n Flusspferdweibchen n Nilpferd (de) n Nilpferdmännchen n Nilpferdweibchen n
Greek: ιπποπόταμος (el) m ippopótamos )
Greenlandic: imermiutarsuaq (kl)
Hebrew: היפופוטם (he)
Hindi: दरियाई घोड़ा m dariyā'ī ghoṛā ), जलीय घोड़ा m jalīy ghoṛā )
Hungarian: víziló (hu)
Icelandic: flóðhestur (is) m
Indonesian: kuda nil
Irish: dobhareach m
Italian: ippopotamo (it) m
Japanese: 河馬 kaba ), カバ kaba )
Kazakh: бегемот begemot ), сусиыр swsïır )
Khmer: ដំរីទឹក dɑmrəy tɨk )
Korean: 하마 (ko) (hama ) (河馬 )
Kyrgyz: бегемот begemot )
Lao: ຊ້າງນ້ຳ sāng nȃm )
Latin: hippopotamus m
Latvian: nīlzirgs hipopotams begemots behemots
Lithuanian: hipopotamas (lt) m begemotas m
Macedonian: нилски коњ m nílski konj )
Malay: badak air
Marathi: पाणघोड m paanghodaa )
Mongolian: армаана armaana )
Navajo: tééhoołtsódii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flodhest m
Nynorsk: flodhest m
Occitan: ipopotam (oc) m
Ossetian: бегемот begemot )
Persian: اسب آبی asb-e âbi )
Polish: hipopotam (pl) m
Portuguese: hipopótamo (pt) m
Romanian: hipopotam (ro) m
Russian: гиппопотам (ru) m gippopotám ), бегемот (ru) m begemót )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поводни коњ m нилски коњ m
Roman: povodni konj m nilski konj m
Slovak: hroch m
Slovene: povodni konj (sl) m nilski konj m
Somali: jeer
Sotho: kubu (st)
Spanish: hipopótamo (es) m
Swahili: kiboko (sw)
Swedish: flodhäst (sv) c
Tajik: баҳмут bahmut ), аспи обӣ aspi obī )
Tamil: நீரானை nIrAnai )
Tatar: гиппопотам gippopotam ), ( male ) су үгезе su ügeze ), ( female ) су сыеры su sıerı )
Thai: ฮิปโปโปเตมัส (th) (híp-bpoh-bpoh-dtay-mát )
Turkish: su aygırı (tr)
Turkmen: gippopotam
Ukrainian: гіпопотам m hipopotám ), бегемот (uk) m behemót )
Urdu: دریائی گھوڑا m dariyā'ī ghoṛā )
Uzbek: begemot hippopotamuses
Vietnamese: lợn nước hà mã (vi) (河馬
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) hiopot ( ♂ ) hihiopot ( ♀ ) jihiopot ( ♂♀ offspring ) hiopotül ( ♂ offspring ) hihiopotül ( ♀ offspring ) jihiopotül ( ♂♀ ) flumedajevod ( ♂ ) flumedahijevod ( ♀ ) flumedajijevod ( ♂♀ offspring ) flumedajevodül ( ♂ offspring ) flumedahijevodül ( ♀ offspring ) flumedajijevodül ( obsolete, ♂♀ ) leneilaf
Welsh: afonfarch hipopotamws
Wolof: léebéer bi
Zulu: ingexe
Synonyms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος hippopotamos ), from ἵππος hippos , “ horse ” ) + ποταμός potamos , “ river ” ).
hippopotamus m genitive hippopotamī second declension
a hippopotamus
Inflection [ edit ] Second declension .
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