zoo

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See also: Zoo, zôo, zōo, zoo-, -zoo, and zoö-

English

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A painting of the London Zoo in 1835.

Etymology

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Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology. Senses 5 and 6: clipping of zoophile or zoophilia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zuː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

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zoo (plural zoos)

  1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
    The London Zoo was built in 1828.
  2. (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
    The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.
  3. (informal, figuratively) A large and varied collection of something.
    • 1993, Neil P. Hurley, Soul in Suspense: Hitchcock's Fright and Delight, page xii:
      After his insightful book The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Spoto published The Dark Side of Genius, a portrayal of the elderly director as a lonely man who was a veritable zoo of desires, suspicions, fears, and addictions (food, drink, romantic infatuation, and filmmaking).
    • 2001, Antonino Zichichi, Theory and Experiment Heading for New Physics:
      From this point on, an entire zoo of possibilities arose: strange stars, different families of neutron stars, hybrid stars, etc.
    • 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
      But powerful as the quark model and the electroweak theory were in describing the zoo of subatomic particles, this still left a huge gap.
  4. (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.
  5. (slang) Clipping of 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; […]
  6. (slang, uncountable) Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality.

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Catalan

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Noun

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zoo m (plural zoos)

  1. Clipping of zoològic.
    • 2016 November 9, “'Midnight Cowboy'”, in El Periódico‎[1]:
      O sigui, els sorolls del zoo de demòcrates i republicans.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Czech

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Noun

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zoo f or n

  1. zoo
    Synonym: zoologická zahrada

Declension

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Normally indeclinable. When neuter, can be declined as follows, although it is dated:

Declension of zoo (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative zoo zoa
genitive zoa zo
dative zou zoům
accusative zoo zoa
vocative zoo zoa
locative zou zoech
instrumental zoem zoy

Further reading

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  • “zoo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “zoo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “zoo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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From English zoo.

Noun

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zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)

  1. a zoo, zoological garden

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.

Noun

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zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) zoo
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

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zoo

  1. Archaic spelling of zo.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Clipping of zoologia ĝardeno.

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Noun

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zoo (accusative singular zoon, plural zooj, accusative plural zoojn)

  1. (zoology) zoo

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French

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Noun

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zoo m (plural zoos)

  1. zoo
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Galician

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Verb

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zoo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zoar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɔ.o/
    • Rhymes: -ɔo
    • Hyphenation: zò‧o
  • (especially Rome) IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɔ/*

Noun

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zoo m (invariable)

  1. zoo
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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

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From English zoo.

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Noun

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zoo (Jawi spelling زو, plural zoo-zoo, informal 1st possessive zooku, 2nd possessive zoomu, 3rd possessive zoonya)

  1. zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)
    • 2013 February 13, “Gorilla lahirkan anak di zoo Moscow [Gorilla gives birth to offspring at Moscow Zoo]”, in Astro Awani‎[2]:
      Jurucakap zoo, Elena Mendosa memberitahu pembiakan gorilla di Zoo Moscow merupakan sesuatu yang unik dan berharap proses berkenaan akan berterusan.
      A zoo spokeswoman, Elena Mendosa said that gorilla breeding at the Moscow Zoo is something unique and hoped the process would continue.

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Polish

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Zoo.

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English zoo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔ.ɔ/, (colloquial) /zɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɔ, -ɔ
  • Syllabification: zo‧o
  • Syllabification: zoo

Noun

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zoo n (indeclinable)

  1. (zoology) nature preserve, zoo, zoological garden, zoological park
    Synonyms: ogród zoologiczny, zoolog, zwierzyniec

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nouns

Further reading

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  • zoo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzo.u/, /ˈzo(w)/ [ˈzo(ʊ̯)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzo.o/, /ˈzo(w)/ [ˈzo(ʊ̯)]

Noun

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zoo m (plural zoos)

  1. Clipping of jardim zoológico.
    Synonym: (Brazil) zoológico

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzo.u/, /ˈzow/ [ˈzoʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzo.o/, /ˈzow/ [ˈzoʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: -ou
  • Hyphenation: zo‧o

Verb

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zoo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zoar

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French zoo.

Noun

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zoo n (uncountable)

  1. zoo

Declension

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declension of zoo (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) zoo zooul
genitive/dative (unui) zoo zooului
vocative zooule

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθoo/ [ˈθo.o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsoo/ [ˈso.o]
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Syllabification: zo‧o

Noun

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zoo m (plural zoos)

  1. zoo
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Swedish

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Noun

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zoo n

  1. a zoo
    Synonym: djurpark
    Det fanns exotiska djur på zoot
    There were exotic animals at the zoo

Declension

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Declension of zoo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative zoo zoot zoon zoona
Genitive zoos zoots zoons zoonas
Declension of zoo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative zoo zooet zoon zoona
Genitive zoos zooets zoons zoonas
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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-ʔrɔŋH (“good”), possibly borrowed from Old Chinese 良 (*raŋ, “good”).[1] Cognate with Iu Mien longx.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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zoo

  1. good, fair, fine, well

Derived terms

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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Interjection

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zoo

  1. Alternative form of zo
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:
      Zoo wough aul vell a-danceen; earch bye gae a poage
      So we all fell a-dancing; each boy gave a kiss
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:
      Zoo wough kisth, an wough parthet; earch man took his laave;
      So we kissed and we parted, each man took his leave;
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:
      Zoo wough aul returnth hime, contented an gaay,
      So we all returned home, contented and gay,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 82
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