"zimbo" meaning in English

See zimbo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: zimbos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese zimbo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|zimbo}} Portuguese zimbo Head templates: {{en-noun}} zimbo (plural zimbos)
  1. A particular univalve mollusc once used as currency.
    Sense id: en-zimbo-en-noun-70KDMNL2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

Forms: zimbos [plural], zimboes [plural]
Etymology: From zombie, by switching vowels. Coined by philosopher Daniel Dennett. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} zimbo (plural zimbos or zimboes)
  1. (philosophy) A non-conscious person analogous to a zombie, but capable of interrogating and discussing its own internal states. Related terms: p-zombie
    Sense id: en-zimbo-en-noun-kbV~6LrM Categories (other): Philosophy, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "en",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "en:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "zimbo"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese zimbo",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese zimbo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zimbos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zimbo (plural zimbos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A particular univalve mollusc once used as currency."
      ],
      "id": "en-zimbo-en-noun-70KDMNL2",
      "links": [
        [
          "mollusc",
          "mollusc"
        ],
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zimbo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "en",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "en:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From zombie, by switching vowels. Coined by philosopher Daniel Dennett.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zimbos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimboes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "zimbo (plural zimbos or zimboes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Philosophy",
          "orig": "en:Philosophy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A non-conscious person analogous to a zombie, but capable of interrogating and discussing its own internal states."
      ],
      "id": "en-zimbo-en-noun-kbV~6LrM",
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "conscious",
          "conscious"
        ],
        [
          "analogous",
          "analogous"
        ],
        [
          "zombie",
          "zombie"
        ],
        [
          "interrogating",
          "interrogate"
        ],
        [
          "discuss",
          "discuss"
        ],
        [
          "internal",
          "internal"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) A non-conscious person analogous to a zombie, but capable of interrogating and discussing its own internal states."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "p-zombie"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daniel Dennett"
  ],
  "word": "zimbo"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Portuguese",
    "English terms derived from Portuguese",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "zimbo"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese zimbo",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese zimbo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zimbos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zimbo (plural zimbos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A particular univalve mollusc once used as currency."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mollusc",
          "mollusc"
        ],
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zimbo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From zombie, by switching vowels. Coined by philosopher Daniel Dennett.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zimbos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimboes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "zimbo (plural zimbos or zimboes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "p-zombie"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Philosophy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A non-conscious person analogous to a zombie, but capable of interrogating and discussing its own internal states."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "conscious",
          "conscious"
        ],
        [
          "analogous",
          "analogous"
        ],
        [
          "zombie",
          "zombie"
        ],
        [
          "interrogating",
          "interrogate"
        ],
        [
          "discuss",
          "discuss"
        ],
        [
          "internal",
          "internal"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) A non-conscious person analogous to a zombie, but capable of interrogating and discussing its own internal states."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daniel Dennett"
  ],
  "word": "zimbo"
}

Download raw JSONL data for zimbo meaning in English (2.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.