Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Zulu en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈzuːluː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Zulu umu- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu uḿZuluder. English Zulu Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
    • If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt. 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Zooloo alternative lexicographic
Zoolu alternative lexicographic

Relateds

zu · zul ⁠ · Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms · zul

Translations (17)

el Ζουλού (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · ca zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · fr zoulou (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · et suulu (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · sw Kizulu (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · de Zulu- (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · fo sulu (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · ru зулу́сский (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · tr Zuluca (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · pl zuluski (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · pt zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · gl zulú (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · es zulú (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · it zulù (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · de zuluisch (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · nl Zoeloe (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) · de zulu- (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)

Zulu en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈzuːluː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Zulu umu- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu uḿZuluder. English Zulu Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
  2. (UK, countable, dated, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable) Any black person.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
    • Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Zoolu alternative lexicographic
Zulus Number=Plur lexicographic
Zooloo alternative lexicographic
Zulu Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Zuluise · Zuludom · Zuluness · Zululand · Zuluize

Hypernyms

human (member of the Zulu people) · individual (member of the Zulu people) · time zone (Zulu time)

Relateds

Bravo Zulu

Translations (38)

pl Zuluska (member of the Zulu people) · pt zulu (member of the Zulu people) · cmn 祖鲁人 (Zulu people (plural)) · fi zulut (Zulu people (plural)) · nl Zoeloes (Zulu people (plural)) · fr Zoulou (member of the Zulu people) · cmn 祖魯族人 /祖鲁族人 (Zulu people (plural)) · fr Zoulous (Zulu people (plural)) · fi zulu (member of the Zulu people) · ca zulu (Zulu people (plural)) · it zulù (Zulu people (plural)) · de Zulu (member of the Zulu people) · fr Zouloue (member of the Zulu people) · fi UTC (Zulu time) · zu amaZulu (Zulu people (plural)) · ja ズールー人 (member of the Zulu people) · af Zoeloe (Zulu people (plural)) · de Zulus (Zulu people (plural)) · it zulù (member of the Zulu people) · ru зулу́с (member of the Zulu people) · pl Zulu (Zulu time) · pt zulu (Zulu people (plural)) · de Zulu (Zulu people (plural)) · pl Zulusi (Zulu people (plural)) · ja ズールー族 (Zulu people (plural)) · bg зулуси (Zulu people (plural)) · el Ζουλού (member of the Zulu people) · nl Zoeloe (member of the Zulu people) · yi זולו (member of the Zulu people) · pl Zulus (member of the Zulu people) · gl zulú (member of the Zulu people) · sw Mzulu (member of the Zulu people) · ca zulu (member of the Zulu people) · da Zulu (Zulu people (plural)) · gl zulú (Zulu people (plural)) · gv Sooloo (member of the Zulu people) · zu umZulu class 1/6 (member of the Zulu people) · af Zoeloe (member of the Zulu people)

wikidata: Q6574

Zulu en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈzuːluː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Zulu umu- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu uḿZuluder. English Zulu Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.

Meanings

  1. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
    • If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt. 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:
    • The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them. 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Zooloo alternative lexicographic
Zoolu alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

isiZulu

Translations (31)

hy զուլուերեն (language) · chr ᏑᎷ (language) · is súlú (language) · de Zulu (language) · nl Zoeloe (language) · gl zulú (language) · cmn 祖魯語 /祖鲁语 (language) · mt Żulu (language) · ru зу́лу (language) · ja ズールー語 (language) · af Zoeloe (language) · ca zulu (language) · hy զուլու (language) · sw Kizulu (language) · fr zoulou (language) · de Zuluisch (language) · it zulù (language) · ny Chizulu (language) · fi zulu (language) · bg зулуски (language) · yi זולו (language) · de isiZulu (language) · sv zulu (language) · fo sulu (language) · de Zulusprache (language) · pt zulu (language) · nv Zulu Dineʼé bizaad (language) · zu isiZulu (language) · pl zulu (language) · ru зулу́сский (language) · et suulu (language)