zoo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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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[edit]zoo (plural zoos)
- A park where live animals are exhibited.
- The London Zoo was built in 1828.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
- (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
- The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.
- (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.
- (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.
- 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)
- (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; […]
- (slang, by extension, uncountable) Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality.
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Catalan
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[edit]Noun
[edit]zoo m (plural zoos)
- 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)
Further reading
[edit]- “zoo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
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[edit]Noun
[edit]zoo f or n
- zoo
- Synonym: zoologická zahrada
Declension
[edit]Normally indeclinable. When neuter, can be declined as follows, although it is dated:
Further reading
[edit]- “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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[edit]Noun
[edit]zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.
Noun
[edit]zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adverb
[edit]zoo
Esperanto
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[edit]Noun
[edit]zoo (accusative singular zoon, plural zooj, accusative plural zoojn)
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zoo m (plural zoos)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zoo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
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[edit]zoo
Italian
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[edit]zoo m (invariable)
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[edit]Malay
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[edit]Pronunciation
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[edit]zoo (Jawi spelling زو, plural zoo-zoo, informal 1st possessive zooku, 2nd possessive zoomu, 3rd possessive zoonya)
- 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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[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English zoo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzɔ.ɔ/, (colloquial) /zɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɔ, -ɔ
- Syllabification: zo‧o
- Syllabification: zoo
Noun
[edit]zoo n (indeclinable)
- (zoology) nature preserve, zoo, zoological garden, zoological park
- Synonyms: ogród zoologiczny, zoolog, zwierzyniec
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- zoo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- zôo (Brazil, superseded)
Etymology 1
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Noun
[edit]zoo m (plural zoos)
- Clipping of jardim zoológico.
- Synonym: (Brazil) zoológico
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ou
- Hyphenation: zo‧o
Verb
[edit]zoo
Romanian
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[edit]zoo n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
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[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθoo/ [ˈθo.o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsoo/ [ˈso.o]
- Rhymes: -oo
- Syllabification: zo‧o
Noun
[edit]zoo m (plural zoos)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zoo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]zoo n
Declension
[edit]Declension of zoo | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | zoo | zoot | zoon | zoona |
Genitive | zoos | zoots | zoons | zoonas |
Declension of zoo | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | zoo | zooet | zoon | zoona |
Genitive | zoos | zooets | zoons | zoonas |
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[edit]- zoo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- zoo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- zoo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
White Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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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[edit]Interjection
[edit]zoo
- 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
[edit]- 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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