Zulu

Zulu

See also: ZULU, zulu, zulú, zulù, and żulu

Translingual

Zulu [2]

Alternative forms

• zulu

Etymology

From English Zulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzulu][1]

Noun

Zulu

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU& IMO phonetic alphabet code for the letter Z.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Z.

Translations

the letter "Z" in a national spelling alphabet

Czech: Zuzana (cs) Estonian: Zürich (et) Finnish: tseta (fi) Italian: Zara Polish: zulu (pl)

References

1. DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

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English

Etymology

From Zulu umZulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːluː/

• Audio (Canada)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːluː

Proper noun

Zulu

1. An African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
2. (uncountable) The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

   Synonym: isiZulu

Translations

African ethnic group

Afrikaans: Zoeloe (af) Bulgarian: зулуси (zulusi) Catalan: zulu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 祖魯族人／祖鲁族人 (Zǔlǔ zúrén),祖鲁人 (zh) Danish: Zulu Dutch: Zoeloes (nl) pl Finnish: zulut pl French: Zoulous (fr) m pl Galician: zulú (gl) German: Zulu (de) m pl, Zulus (de) m pl Italian: zulù (it) m or f Japanese: ズールー族 (zūrū-zoku) Portuguese: zulu (pt) Zulu: amaZulu class 6

language

Afrikaans: Zoeloe (af) Armenian: զուլու (hy) (zulu), զուլուերեն (hy) (zulueren) Bulgarian: зулуски (zuluski) Catalan: zulu (ca) m Chichewa: Chizulu Chinese: Mandarin: 祖魯語／祖鲁语 (Zǔlǔyǔ) Dutch: Zoeloe (nl) n Estonian: suulu Faroese: sulu n Finnish: zulu (fi) French: zoulou (fr) m Galician: zulú (gl) German: Zulu (de) n, Zulusprache f, Zuluisch n, isiZulu (de) n Icelandic: súlú Italian: zulù (it) m Japanese: ズールー語 (ja) (zūrū-go) Navajo: Zulu Dineʼé bizaad Polish: zulu (pl) n Portuguese: zulu (pt) Russian: зу́лу (ru) m (zúlu), зулу́сский (ru) m (zulússkij) Swahili: Kizulu Swedish: zulu (sv) c Yiddish: זולו‎ n (zulu) Zulu: isiZulu (zu) class 7

Noun

Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)

1. (countable) An individual member of the Zulu people.
2. A designation for time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
   • Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

Hypernyms

• (member of the Zulu people): human, individual
• (Zulu time): time zone

Translations

member of the Zulu people

Afrikaans: Zoeloe (af) Catalan: zulu (ca) Dutch: Zoeloe (nl) m Finnish: zulu (fi) French: Zoulou (fr) m, Zouloue (fr) f Galician: zulú (gl) German: Zulu (de) m or f Greek: Ζουλού (el) (Zouloú) Italian: zulù (it) m or f Japanese: ズールー人 (zūrū-jin) Manx: Sooloo m Portuguese: zulu (pt) Russian: зулу́с (ru) m (zulús) Swahili: Mzulu Yiddish: זולו‎ m (zulu) Zulu: umZulu class 1/6

Zulu time

Finnish: UTC (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Gujarati: (please verify) ઝૂલૂ (jhūlū) Hindi: (please verify) ज़ूलू (hi) (zūlū) Interlingua: (please verify) Zulu

Adjective

Zulu (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

Translations

pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language

Catalan: zulu (ca) Dutch: Zoeloe (nl) Estonian: suulu Faroese: sulu n French: zoulou (fr) Galician: zulú (gl) German: Zulu-, zulu-, zuluisch Greek: Ζουλού (el) (Zouloú) Italian: zulù (it) Polish: Zulus Portuguese: zulu (pt) Russian: зулу́сский (ru) (zulússkij) Spanish: zulú (es) Swahili: Kizulu Turkish: Zuluca (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms
• Appendix:Zulu Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Zulu
• ISO 639-1 code zu, ISO 639-3 code zul (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Zulu, zul ⁠

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Chichewa

Etymology

From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzú.ɽu/

Proper noun

Zúlu

1. a surname from Ngoni

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zulu was the 4th most common surname in Zambia (212 468 persons = 1.4 percent of the population) and the 53rd most common surname in Malawi (23227 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzulu/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: Zoeloe

Noun

Zulu ? (plural Zulu's)

1. (law enforcement, slang) police helicopter

   Synonym: politiehelikopter