zoo

zoo

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

English

Elephants in a zoo

Etymology

Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

zoo (plural zoos)

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
   • 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.

2. (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

   The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

3. (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.

4. (slang) A 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; […]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• from goo to you by way of the zoo
• like feeding time at the zoo
• morning zoo
• particle zoo
• petting zoo
• zoo format
• zoo plane

Related terms

Related terms

• zoo-
• zooey
• zooish
• zoolike
• zoologist
• zoology

Translations

park where live animals are exhibited

Afrikaans: dieretuin Albanian: kopësht zoologjik m Amharic: መካነ አራዊት (mäkanä ʾärawit) Arabic: حَدِيقَة الْحَيَوَان‎ f (ḥadīqat al-ḥayawānāt) Egyptian Arabic: جنينة الحيوانات‎ f (genenet el-ḥayawanat) Armenian: (formal) կենդանաբանական այգի (hy) (kendanabanakan aygi), (informal) գազանանոց (hy) (gazananocʿ) Assamese: চিৰিয়াখানা (siriakhana) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ f (gantā d-ḵaywātē) Asturian: zoolóxicu m Azerbaijani: zoologiya parkı Belarusian: заапа́рк m (zaapárk), заалагі́чны парк m (zaalahíčny park) Bengali: চিড়িয়াখানা (bn) (ciṛiyakhana) Bulgarian: зоопа́рк m (zoopárk), зоологи́ческа гради́на f (zoologíčeska gradína) Burmese: တိရစ္ဆာန်ရုံ (my) (ti.rachcanrum), တိရစ္ဆာန်ဥယျာဉ် (my) (ti.rachcan-u.yyany) Catalan: zoològic m Central Dusun: zoo Central Melanau: zoo Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏓᎴᎸᏓᏧᏂᏙᏗ (tsunadalelvdatsunidodi) Chinese: Cantonese: 動物園／动物园, 动物园 (dung6 mat6 jyun4) Mandarin: 動物園／动物园 (zh) (dòngwùyuán) Min Nan: 動物園／动物园 (zh-min-nan), 动物园 (tōng-bu̍t-hn̂g) Cornish: milva f Czech: zoo (cs) f, zoologická zahrada (cs) f Danish: zoo c, zoologisk have c Dutch: dierentuin (nl), zoo (nl) Erzya: ракшапире (rakšapire) Esperanto: zoo (eo), bestoĝardeno, zoologia ĝardeno Estonian: loomaaed (et) Finnish: eläintarha (fi) French: zoo (fr) m Galician: zoolóxico m, parque zoolóxico m, zoo (gl) m Georgian: ზოოპარკი (ka) (zooṗarḳi) German: Zoo (de) m, Tiergarten (de) m, Tierpark (de) m Greek: ζωολογικός κήπος (el) m (zoologikós kípos) Ancient: θηριοτροφεῖον n (thēriotropheîon), ζωγρεῖον n (zōgreîon) Hebrew: גַּן חַיּוֹת‎ (he) m (gan khayót), גן זואולוגי‎ m (gan zo'ológi) Hindi: चिड़ियाघर (hi) m (ciṛiyāghar), चिड़ियाख़ाना m (ciṛiyāxānā), पशु-वाटिका m (paśu-vāṭikā), जीवादि वाटिका m (jīvādi vāṭikā) Hungarian: állatkert (hu) Icelandic: dýragarður (is) m Ido: zoo (io), menajerio (io), animalparko Inari Sami: elleekärdi Indonesian: kebun binatang (id), bonbin (colloquial) Irish: zú (ga) m, gairdín ainmhithe m Italian: zoo (it) m Japanese: 動物園 (ja) (どうぶつえん, dōbutsuen) Kazakh: хайуанаттар бағы (xaiuanattar bağy), хайуанатхана (xaiuanatxana) Khmer: សួនសត្វ (suən sat), ឧទ្យានសត្វ (ʼuttyiən sat) Korean: 동물원(動物園) (ko) (dongmurwon) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: baxçeyê heywanan Kyrgyz: ажайыпкана (ky) (ajayıpkana), аң бакчасы (aŋ bakçası) Lao: ສວນສັດ (lo) (sūan sat) Latin: vīvārium n Latvian: zooloģiskais dārzs m, zoodārzs m Lithuanian: zoologijos sodas m Macedonian: зоолошка градина f (zoološka gradina) Malay: zoo (ms), kebun binatang, taman haiwan Maltese: żu m Mongolian: Cyrillic: амьтны хүрээлэн (amʹtny xüreelen) Norwegian: Bokmål: dyrehage m Nynorsk: dyrehage m Oriya: ଚିଡିଆଖାନ (ciḍiakhanô) Pashto: ژوبڼ‎ m (žobaṇ) Persian: باغ وحش‎ (fa) (bâğ-e vahš) Plautdietsch: Tiabood f, Tiagoaden m Polish: zoo (pl) n, ogród zoologiczny (pl) m Portuguese: zoológico (pt) m, jardim zoológico m, zoo (pt) m (uncommon) Quechua: k'ita uywap wasin Romanian: zoo (ro) f, parc zoologic (ro) n, grădină zoologică (ro) f, zooparc (ro) n Russian: зоопа́рк (ru) m (zoopárk), зоологи́ческий сад m (zoologíčeskij sad), зооса́д (ru) m (zoosád), звери́нец (ru) m (zverínec) (menagerie) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: зоо̀лошкӣ вр̏т m, зверињак m Roman: zoòloškī vȑt m, zverinjak m Shan: သူၼ်သတ်း (sǔun sát) Slovak: zoologická záhrada f, zoo m Slovene: živalski vrt m Spanish: zoo (es) m, jardín zoo m, zoológico (es) m Swahili: bustani ya wanyama Swedish: zoo (sv) n, djurpark (sv) c Tagalog: hayupan Tajik: боғи ҳайвонот (boġi hayvonot), боғи ваҳш (boġi vahš) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: జంతుప్రదర్శనశాల (jantupradarśanaśāla) Thai: สวนสัตว์ (th) (sǔuan-sàt) Turkish: hayvanat bahçesi (tr) Turkmen: haýwanat bagy Ukrainian: зоопа́рк m (zoopárk) Urdu: چڑیا گھر‎ m (ciṛiyā-ghar), چڑیا خانہ‎ m (ciṛiyā-xānā) Uyghur: ھايۋانات باغچىسى‎ (haywanat baghchisi) Uzbek: hayvonot bogʻi, hayvonot bogʻlari Vietnamese: thảo cầm viên (vi), sở thú (vi) Walloon: zô (wa) m, djårdén zolodjike m, djårdén d' aclimataedje m Welsh: sw m, milodfa f Yiddish: זאָאָגאָרטן‎ m (zoogortn), זאָאָלאָגישער גאָרטן‎ m (zoologisher gortn), זאָאָפּאַרק‎ m (zoopark)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.u/

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of zoològic.
   • 2016 November 9, “'Midnight Cowboy'”, in El Periódico‎:

     O sigui, els sorolls del zoo de demòcrates i republicans.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

• “zoo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Noun

zoo f

1. zoo

Synonyms

• zoologická zahrada

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Danish

Etymology

From English zoo.

Noun

zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)

1. a zoo, zoological garden

Synonyms

• zoologisk have

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /zoː/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /zuː/, /zoː/
• Hyphenation: zoo
• Rhymes: -oː

Etymology 1

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

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) zoo

Synonyms

• dierentuin, diergaarde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

zoo

1. Archaic spelling of zo.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Clipping of zoologia ĝardeno.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): [ˈzoo]
• Rhymes: -oo
• Hyphenation: zo‧o

Noun

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

1. zoo

Synonyms

• bestoĝardeno

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo/, /zo.o/

• audio

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Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoologique

Further reading

• “zoo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zoo m (invariable)

1. zoo

Related terms

• giardino zoologico

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Malay

Etymology

From English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu/
• Rhymes: -zu, -u

Noun

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”, in Astro Awani‎:

     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.

Synonyms

• kebun binatang
• taman haiwan

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.ɔ/, (colloquial) /zɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔɔ, -ɔ
• Syllabification: zo‧o
• Syllabification: zoo

Noun

zoo n (indeclinable)

1. (zoology) zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)

   Synonyms: ogród zoologiczny, (archaic) zoolog

Derived terms

nouns

• antropozoonoza
• zoonoza

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zôo (Brazilian, superseded)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzwu/, /ˈzu/

• Rhymes: -u, -o.u

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.u/, (regional) /ˈzo.wu/

• Rhymes: -o.u
• Hyphenation: zo‧o

Verb

zoo

1. first-person singular present indicative of zoar

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Romanian

Etymology

From French zoo.

Noun

zoo n (uncountable)

1. zoo

Declension

declension of zoo (singular only)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Related terms

• zoológico

Further reading

• “zoo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Homophone: so

Noun

zoo n

1. zoo

Declension

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

Related terms

• zoo-

References

• zoo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-ʔrɔŋH (“good”). Cognate with Iu Mien longx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐɒ̃˧/

Adjective

zoo

1. good

Derived terms

• mus zoo
• nyob zoo

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

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Yola

Adverb

zoo

1. Alternative form of zo

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 82