Zouave

Zouave

See also: zouave

English

Etymology

French, from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ‎ (zawāwiyy), used to refer to a Kabyle soldier, especially of the Igawawen people.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /zuːˈɑːv/, /zwɑːv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /zuˈɑv/, /zwɑv/, enPR: zo͞o-ävʹ, zwäv
• Rhymes: -ɑːv
• Hyphenation: Zou‧ave

Noun

Zouave (plural Zouaves)

1. (military, historical) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
2. (military, historical, by extension) One of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves in French service, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War (1861–65).

Translations

a Kabyle or French soldier in Kabyle dress

Arabic: الزواف‎ Catalan: zuau (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 祖阿夫 (Zǔ'āfū) Czech: zuáv m Dutch: zoeaaf (nl) m Esperanto: zuavo (eo) French: zouave (fr) m German: Zuave (de) m Greek: ζουάβος (el) m (zouávos) Hungarian: zuáv Ido: zuavo (io) Italian: zuavo (it) m Japanese: ズアーブ兵 (Zuābu-hei) Kabyle: please add this translation if you can Korean: 주아브병 (Juabeu-byeong) Malayalam: (please verify) സുവേവ് (ml) (suvēvŭ) Polish: żuaw (pl) m Romanian: zuav (ro) m Russian: зуа́в (ru) m (zuáv) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: зу̏ав m Roman: zȕav (sh) m Spanish: zuavo (es) m

See also

• Zouave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia