"Zulu" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈzuːluː/ Audio: En-ca-Zulu.oga [Canada]
Rhymes: -uːluː Etymology: From Zulu umZulu. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zu|umZulu}} Zulu umZulu Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Zulu (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms, zu, zul (alt: SIL), zul ⁠ Translations (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language): zulu (Catalan), Zoeloe (Dutch), suulu (Estonian), sulu [neuter] (Faroese), zoulou (French), zulú (Galician), Zulu- (German), zulu- (German), zuluisch (German), Ζουλού (Zouloú) (Greek), zulù (Italian), Zulus (Polish), zulu (Portuguese), зулу́сский (zulússkij) (Russian), zulú (Spanish), Kizulu (Swahili), Zuluca (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Zulu-en-adj-yoljFouj

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzuːluː/ Audio: En-ca-Zulu.oga [Canada]
Rhymes: -uːluː Etymology: From Zulu umZulu. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zu|umZulu}} Zulu umZulu Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zulu
  1. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: isiZulu Translations (language): Zoeloe (Afrikaans), զուլու (zulu) (Armenian), զուլուերեն (zulueren) (Armenian), зулуски (zuluski) (Bulgarian), zulu [masculine] (Catalan), Chizulu (Chichewa), 祖魯語 (Chinese Mandarin), 祖鲁语 (Zǔlǔyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Zoeloe [neuter] (Dutch), suulu (Estonian), sulu [neuter] (Faroese), zulu (Finnish), zoulou [masculine] (French), zulú (Galician), Zulu [neuter] (German), Zulusprache [feminine] (German), Zuluisch [neuter] (German), isiZulu [neuter] (German), súlú (Icelandic), zulù [masculine] (Italian), ズールー語 (zūrū-go) (Japanese), Żulu (Maltese), Zulu Dineʼé bizaad (Navajo), zulu [neuter] (Polish), zulu (Portuguese), зу́лу (zúlu) [masculine] (Russian), зулу́сский (zulússkij) [masculine] (Russian), Kizulu (Swahili), zulu [common-gender] (Swedish), זולו (zulu) [neuter] (Yiddish), isiZulu [class-7] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-Zulu-en-name-hozbRO5d

Noun

IPA: /ˈzuːluː/ Audio: En-ca-Zulu.oga [Canada] Forms: Zulu [plural], Zulus [plural]
Rhymes: -uːluː Etymology: From Zulu umZulu. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zu|umZulu}} Zulu umZulu Head templates: {{en-noun|~|Zulu|s}} Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)
  1. A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Zulu-en-noun-PBt36t6I
  2. Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms (Zulu time): time zone Hypernyms (member of the Zulu people): human, individual Translations (Zulu people (plural)): Zoeloe (Afrikaans), зулуси (zulusi) (Bulgarian), zulu (Catalan), 祖魯族人 (Chinese Mandarin), 祖鲁族人 (Zǔlǔ zúrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 祖鲁人 (zǔlǔrén) (Chinese Mandarin), Zulu (Danish), Zoeloes [plural] (Dutch), zulut [plural] (Finnish), Zoulous [masculine, plural] (French), zulú (Galician), Zulu [masculine, plural] (German), Zulus [masculine, plural] (German), zulù [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ズールー族 (zūrū-zoku) (Japanese), zulu (Portuguese), amaZulu [class-6] (Zulu) Translations (Zulu time): UTC (Finnish) Translations (member of the Zulu people): Zoeloe (Afrikaans), zulu (Catalan), Zoeloe [masculine] (Dutch), zulu (Finnish), Zoulou [masculine] (French), Zouloue [feminine] (French), zulú (Galician), Zulu [feminine, masculine] (German), Ζουλού (Zouloú) (Greek), zulù [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ズールー人 (zūrū-jin) (Japanese), Sooloo [masculine] (Manx), zulu (Portuguese), зулу́с (zulús) [masculine] (Russian), Mzulu (Swahili), זולו (zulu) [masculine] (Yiddish), umZulu class 1/6 (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-Zulu-en-noun-yzEbY9QL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 15 19 45 Disambiguation of 'Zulu time': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'member of the Zulu people': 40 60 Disambiguation of 'Zulu people (plural)': 35 65 Disambiguation of 'Zulu time': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'member of the Zulu people': 40 60

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "זולו"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ],
      "word": "isiZulu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Zulu (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Zulu"
}

{
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Zulu",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Requests for review of Gujarati translations",
    "Requests for review of Hindi translations",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
    "Rhymes:English/uːluː",
    "Rhymes:English/uːluː/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zu",
        "3": "umZulu"
      },
      "expansion": "Zulu umZulu",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Zulu umZulu.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "-"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms"
    },
    {
      "urls": [
        "https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/zul"
      ],
      "word": "zu"
    },
    {
      "alt": "SIL",
      "urls": [
        "https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/zul"
      ],
      "word": "zul"
    },
    {
      "word": "zul ⁠"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzuːluː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːluː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-ca-Zulu.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/En-ca-Zulu.oga/En-ca-Zulu.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-ca-Zulu.oga",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Canada)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "Zoeloe"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "suulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zoulou"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zulú"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "Zulu-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zulu-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zuluisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Zouloú",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "Ζουλού"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zulù"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "Zulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zulússkij",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "зулу́сский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "zulú"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "Kizulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language",
      "word": "Zuluca"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Zulu (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Zulu"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Zulu: 'umZulu class 1/6', originally 'umZulu class 1/6'",
  "path": [
    "Zulu"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Zulu",
  "trace": ""
}

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