tsetse

tsetse

See also: tsêtsê, tse-tse, and tsé-tsé

English

Head of a tsetse.

Alternative forms

• tsetze, tzetse, tzetze

Etymology

Borrowed from Tswana tsêtsê.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tsitsi/, /sitsi/, /titsi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /tsɛtsi/, /sɛtsi/, /tɛtsi/

• Audio (Berkshire, UK)

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Noun

tsetse (plural tsetses or tsetse)

1. Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes.
   • 1999, Stephen G. A. Leak, Tsetse Biology and Ecology: Their Role in the Epidemiology and Control of Trypanosomosis, CABI Publishing, page 7:

     Species of Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse cause diseases of economic importance in humans and domestic animals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Usage notes

• Particularly in North American English, this insect is most commonly referred to as a "tsetse fly." Note: This is also the most common usage in Zimbabwe.

Translations

fly of the genus Glossina

Albanian: cece (sq) Bulgarian: муха цеце f (muha cece) Chinese: Mandarin: 采采蠅／采采蝇 (zh) (cǎicǎiyíng) Esperanto: ceceo Finnish: tsetsekärpänen (fi) French: tsé-tsé (fr) f, mouche tsé-tsé (fr) f Galician: tse-tse f German: Tsetsefliege (de) f Hungarian: cecelégy (hu) Irish: seitse f, cuil seitse f Japanese: ツェツェバエ (tsetsebae) Korean: 체체파리 (chechepari) Malay: lalat tsetse Portuguese: tsé-tsé m or f Russian: цеце́ (ru) f (cecé), му́ха цеце́ f (múxa cecé) Swahili: chafuo (sw), mbung'o (sw), ndorobo Turkish: çeçe (tr) Yoruba: urù, irù

See also

• tsetse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Glossina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• sestet, teests, testes

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Aromanian

Noun

tsetse f (plural tsetsi, definite articulation tsetsa, definite plural tsetsãli)

1. Alternative form of tsãtsã

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛ.tsɛ/

Noun

tsêtsê class 9 (plural ditsetse)

1. tsetse fly