"tsetse" meaning in English

See tsetse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tsitsi/ [US], /sitsi/ [US], /titsi/ [US], /tsɛtsi/ [UK], /sɛtsi/ [UK], /tɛtsi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tsetse.wav Forms: tsetses [plural], tsetse [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana tsêtsê (“fly”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tn|tsêtsê|t=fly}} Tswana tsêtsê (“fly”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tsetse}} tsetse (plural tsetses or tsetse)
  1. Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Parasites Synonyms: tsetse fly, tsetze, tzetse, tzetze Related terms: Glossina Translations (fly of the genus Glossina): cece (Albanian), муха цеце (muha cece) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 采采蠅 (cǎicǎiyíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ceceo (Esperanto), tsetsekärpänen (Finnish), tsé-tsé [feminine] (French), mouche tsé-tsé [feminine] (French), tse-tse [feminine] (Galician), Tsetsefliege [feminine] (German), cecelégy (Hungarian), seitse [feminine] (Irish), cuil seitse [feminine] (Irish), ツェツェバエ (tsetsebae) (Japanese), 체체파리 (chechepari) (Korean), lalat tsetse (Malay), mucha tse-tse [feminine] (Polish), tse-tse [feminine] (Polish), tsé-tsé [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), цеце́ (cecé) [feminine] (Russian), му́ха цеце́ (múxa cecé) [feminine] (Russian), tsetsé (Spanish), tsetse (Spanish), chafuo (Swahili), mbung'o (Swahili), ndorobo (Swahili), çeçe (Turkish), urù (Yoruba), irù (Yoruba)

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tse-tse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tsé-tsé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cecé",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цеце́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "múxa cecé",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "му́ха цеце́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "tsetsé"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "tsetse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "chafuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "mbung'o"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "ndorobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "çeçe"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "urù"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "fly of the genus Glossina",
      "word": "irù"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsetse"
}

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