Zimbabwe

See also: zimbabwe

English

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
  • Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe
    • (file)

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

Hypernyms

Translations

See also


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)

Chichewa

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/

Proper noun

Zimbábwe

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)

Czech

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n

  1. Zimbabwe

Dutch

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n

  1. Zimbabwe

Derived terms


Finnish

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑbwe̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑbwe
  • Syllabification(key): tsim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe

Declension

Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Zimbabwe
genitive Zimbabwen
partitive Zimbabwea
illative Zimbabween
singular plural
nominative Zimbabwe
accusative nom. Zimbabwe
gen. Zimbabwen
genitive Zimbabwen
partitive Zimbabwea
inessive Zimbabwessa
elative Zimbabwesta
illative Zimbabween
adessive Zimbabwella
ablative Zimbabwelta
allative Zimbabwelle
essive Zimbabwena
translative Zimbabweksi
instructive
abessive Zimbabwetta
comitative
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person Zimbabweni Zimbabwemme
2nd person Zimbabwesi Zimbabwenne
3rd person Zimbabwensa

Derived terms


Hungarian

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzimbɒbvɛ]
  • Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
  • Rhymes: -vɛ

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Zimbabwe
accusative Zimbabwét
dative Zimbabwénak
instrumental Zimbabwéval
causal-final Zimbabwéért
translative Zimbabwévá
terminative Zimbabwéig
essive-formal Zimbabweként
essive-modal
inessive Zimbabwéban
superessive Zimbabwén
adessive Zimbabwénál
illative Zimbabwéba
sublative Zimbabwéra
allative Zimbabwéhoz
elative Zimbabwéból
delative Zimbabwéról
ablative Zimbabwétól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Zimbabwéé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Zimbabwééi
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Zimbabwém
2nd person sing. Zimbabwéd
3rd person sing. Zimbabwéja
1st person plural Zimbabwénk
2nd person plural Zimbabwétok
3rd person plural Zimbabwéjuk

or somewhat less commonly

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Zimbabwe
accusative Zimbabwét
dative Zimbabwének
instrumental Zimbabwével
causal-final Zimbabwéért
translative Zimbabwévé
terminative Zimbabwéig
essive-formal Zimbabweként
essive-modal
inessive Zimbabwében
superessive Zimbabwén
adessive Zimbabwénél
illative Zimbabwébe
sublative Zimbabwére
allative Zimbabwéhez
elative Zimbabwéből
delative Zimbabwéről
ablative Zimbabwétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Zimbabwéé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Zimbabwééi
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Zimbabwém
2nd person sing. Zimbabwéd
3rd person sing. Zimbabwéje
1st person plural Zimbabwénk
2nd person plural Zimbabwétek
3rd person plural Zimbabwéjük

Derived terms

  • zimbabwei

Italian

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) */d͡zimˈba.bu.e/[1]
  • Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
  • Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe m

  1. Zimbabwe

Derived terms

References

  1. Zimbabwe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zimˈbab.vɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -abvɛ
  • Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable)

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe m

  1. Alternative form of Zimbabué

Shona

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/

Proper noun

Zimbábwe

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)

Slovak

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe)

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)

References

  • Zimbabwe in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swahili

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

See also


Swedish

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (house of stones), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Tsonga

Noun

Zimbabwe

  1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)
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