zoo-

See also: zoo, Zoo, zôo, zōo, -zoo, and zoö-

English

Etymology

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.ə/, /ˈzəʊ.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.ə/, /ˈzoʊ.oʊ/

Prefix

zoo-

1. animal

Usage notes

• Before a vowel, contracts to zo-.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with zoo-

Translations

pertaining to animals

• Finnish: zoo- (fi)
• French: zoo- (fr)
• Italian: zoo-
• Polish: zoo- (pl)
• Portuguese: zoo- (pt)
• Russian: зоо- (ru) (zoo-)
• Spanish: zoo- (es)

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsoː/, [ˈts̠o̞ː]

Prefix

zoo-

1. zoo-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with zoo-

French

Etymology

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.o/, /zɔ.ɔ/

Prefix

zoo-

1. zoo-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with zoo-

Italian

Etymology

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˌd͡zɔ.o/
• Hyphenation: zò‧o-

Prefix

zoo-

1. zoo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with zoo-

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.ɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

zoo-

1. zoo-

   ‎zoo- + ‎-cyd → ‎zoocyd

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with zoo-

Further reading

• zoo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”). Doublet of bio-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌzo.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zwɔ/

Prefix

zoo-

1. zoo-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with zoo-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῷο- (zôio-), combining form of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Prefix

zoo-

1. zoo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with zoo-

Related terms

• -zoo

 

Further reading

• “zoo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28