Zimbabwe
English
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Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
Hypernyms
Translations
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Harare)
Derived terms
Chichewa
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbábwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
- “Zimbabwe”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
- Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe
Declension
Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Zimbabwetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
- adjectives: zimbabwelainen
- nouns: zimbabwelainen
Hungarian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
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
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
- Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe m
- Alternative form of Zimbabué: Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Shona
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbábwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
References
- “Zimbabwe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swahili
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Tsonga
Noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
- English terms derived from Shona
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Requests for audio pronunciation from Zimbabwe in English entries
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Zimbabwe
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- Afrikaans terms derived from Shona
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Zimbabwe
- af:Countries in Africa
- af:Countries
- Chichewa terms derived from Shona
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa proper nouns
- ny:Zimbabwe
- ny:Countries in Africa
- ny:Countries
- Czech terms derived from Shona
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Zimbabwe
- cs:Countries in Africa
- cs:Countries
- Dutch terms derived from Shona
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Zimbabwe
- nl:Countries in Africa
- nl:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Shona
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑbwe
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑbwe/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with Z
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- fi:Zimbabwe
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish terms with collocations
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Hungarian terms derived from Shona
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/vɛ
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Zimbabwe
- hu:Countries in Africa
- hu:Countries
- Italian terms derived from Shona
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/abwe
- Rhymes:Italian/abwe/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/abue
- Rhymes:Italian/abue/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Zimbabwe
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Shona
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with Z
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- nb:Zimbabwe
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Shona
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with Z
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- nn:Zimbabwe
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms derived from Shona
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/abvɛ
- Rhymes:Polish/abvɛ/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Zimbabwe
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- Polish exonyms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese terms derived from Shona
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Zimbabwe
- pt:Countries in Africa
- pt:Countries
- Shona terms with IPA pronunciation
- Shona lemmas
- Shona proper nouns
- sn:Zimbabwe
- sn:Countries in Africa
- sn:Countries
- Slovak terms derived from Shona
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak terms spelled with W
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Zimbabwe
- sk:Countries in Africa
- sk:Countries
- Swahili terms derived from Shona
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Zimbabwe
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms derived from Shona
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with Z
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Zimbabwe
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries
- Tsonga lemmas
- Tsonga proper nouns
- ts:Zimbabwe
- ts:Countries in Africa
- ts:Countries