zebu

Borrowed from French zébu, probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈziː.b(j)uː/, /ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/, /ˈzeɪ.b(j)uː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.b(j)u/, /ˈzɛ.b(j)u/, /ˈzeɪ.b(j)u/

• Audio (Southern England); /ˈziː.buː/:

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• Audio (Southern England); /ˈziː.bjuː/:

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• Audio (Southern England); /ˈzɛ.buː/:

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• Audio (Southern England); /ˈzɛ.bjuː/:

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• Audio (Southern England); /ˈzeɪː.buː/:

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• Audio (Southern England); /ˈzeɪ.bjuː/:

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• Rhymes: -iːbuː, -iːbjuː, -ɛbuː, -ɛbjuː, -eɪbuː, -eɪbjuː
• Hyphenation: ze‧bu

zebu (plural zebus)

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

   Synonym: Indian ox

• → Indonesian: zebu
• → Japanese: ゼブ (zebu)

• cattabu

• zebu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos indicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bos taurus indicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛbu]

zebu m anim

1. zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

Also indeclinable.

• “zebu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Borrowed from English zebu, from French zébu, probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzebu/ [ˈze.bu]
• Rhymes: -ebu
• Syllabification: ze‧bu

zébu (plural zebu-zebu)

1. zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

   Synonyms: sapi benggala, (less common) benggala

zebu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゼブ

zebu m (definite singular zebuen, indefinite plural zebuer, definite plural zebuene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sebu

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛbu
• Syllabification: ze‧bu

zebu n

1. zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

• zebu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French zébu.

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ze‧bu

zebu m (plural zebus)

1. zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

   Synonyms: zebo, gebo, boi-de-corcova

• “zebu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “zebu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “zebu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “zebu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French zébu.

zebu m (uncountable)

1. zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

zebu (Cyrillic spelling зебу)

1. accusative singular of zeba