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Zulu

Zulu

See also: zulu, zulú, and zulù

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzuːluː]

Symbol

Zulu

  1. The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

English

Adjective

Zulu (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

Translations

Noun

Zulu (plural Zulus)

  1. An individual member of the Zulu people.
  2. The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet
  3. A designation for time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
    • Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

Translations

Proper noun

Zulu

  1. An African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
  2. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

zulu

zulu

See also: Zulu, zulú, and zulù

Catalan

Adjective

zulu m, f (masculine and feminine plural zulus)

  1. Zulu

Noun

zulu m (plural zulus)

  1. Zulu

Finnish

Noun

zulu

  1. A Zulu.
  2. The Zulu language.

Declension

Inflection of zulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative zulu zulut
genitive zulun zulujen
partitive zulua zuluja
illative zuluun zuluihin
singular plural
nominative zulu zulut
accusative nom. zulu zulut
gen. zulun
genitive zulun zulujen
partitive zulua zuluja
inessive zulussa zuluissa
elative zulusta zuluista
illative zuluun zuluihin
adessive zululla zuluilla
ablative zululta zuluilta
allative zululle zuluille
essive zuluna zuluina
translative zuluksi zuluiksi
instructive zuluin
abessive zulutta zuluitta
comitative zuluineen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Zulu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zu.ˈlu/
  • Hyphenation: zu‧lu

Noun

zulu m f (plural zulus)

  1. Zulu (individual member of the Zulu people)
  2. Zulu (the Bantu language of the Zulu)

Adjective

zulu (plural zulus, not comparable)

  1. Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu people or culture)
  2. Zulu (pertaining to the Zulu language)