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zebu en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈzɛ.b(j)u/ (General-American)
  • /ˈzi.b(j)u/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈzeɪ.b(j)uː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈzeɪ.b(j)u/ (General-American)
  • /ˈziː.b(j)uː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo) Classical Tibetan པོ (po) Classical Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po) Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po)bor.? French zébubor. English zebu Borrowed from French zébu, probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo.

Meanings

  1. A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus or bos indicus).

Forms

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zebus Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

zebuine

Descendants

zebu · ゼブ

Relateds

cattabu

Synonyms

Indian ox

Translations (28)

nl zeboe (Bos taurus indicus) · vi bò zebu (Bos taurus indicus) · cs zebu (Bos taurus indicus) · vi bò u (Bos taurus indicus) · io zebuo (Bos taurus indicus) · fr zébu (Bos taurus indicus) · el ζεμπού (Bos taurus indicus) · fi seebu (Bos taurus indicus) · de Zebu (Bos taurus indicus) · it zebù (Bos taurus indicus) · ru зе́бу (Bos taurus indicus) · ja ゼブ (Bos taurus indicus) · mg jamoka (Bos taurus indicus) · mk зе́бу (Bos taurus indicus) · ka ზებუ (Bos taurus indicus) · ja 犎牛 (Bos taurus indicus) · lt zèbu (Bos taurus indicus) · pt zebu (Bos taurus indicus) · ja 瘤牛 (Bos taurus indicus) · cmn 犛牛 /牦牛 (Bos taurus indicus) · hi बैल (Bos taurus indicus) · yo màlúù (Bos taurus indicus) · de Buckelrind (Bos taurus indicus) · cmn 瘤牛 (Bos taurus indicus) · ja インド牛 (Bos taurus indicus) · es cebú (Bos taurus indicus) · hi ज़ेबू (Bos taurus indicus) · vi bò zêbu (Bos taurus indicus)