"hippopotame" meaning in Français

See hippopotame in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \i.po.po.tam\, \i.po.po.tam\, ɛ̃.n‿i.po.po.tam, ɛ̃.n‿i.po.po.tam Audio: Fr-hippopotame.ogg , Hippopotame.wav Forms: hippopotames [plural], hippopotamesse
Rhymes: \am\
  1. Très gros quadrupède amphibie herbivore d’Afrique, qui vit le jour dans l’eau douce (fleuves et rivières) et broute la nuit, en particulier l’hippopotame amphibie (Hippopotamus amphibius).
    Sense id: fr-hippopotame-fr-noun-UrPhuvdH Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Terme superlatif dont on affuble des grosses personnes, des gros animaux. Tags: familiar, offensive, pejorative
    Sense id: fr-hippopotame-fr-noun-sS63oHEf Categories (other): Exemples en français, Insultes en français, Termes familiers en français, Termes péjoratifs en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hippo, cheval marin, bœuf marin Hypernyms: mammifères, hippopotamidés Hyponyms (Hexaprotodon liberiensis): hippopotame nain, hippopotame pygmée Hyponyms (Hippopotamus amphibius): hippopotame africain classique, hippopotame amphibie, hippopotame commun Derived forms: hippopotamesque, hippopotamoïde Translations: seekoei (Afrikaans), Flußpferd (Allemand), Flusspferd (Allemand), ጉማሬ (Amharique), hippo (Anglais), hippopotamus (Anglais), zeekoe (Anglais), river-horse (Anglais), فرس النهر (frs ālnhr) (Arabe), بِرْنِيق (Arabe), hipopótamu (Asturien), mali (Bambara), dourvarc’h (Breton), хипопотам (hipopotam) (Bulgare), 'gbanɛ (Bété (Côte d’Ivoire)), hipopòtam (Catalan), 河马 (hémǎ) (Chinois), 하마 (hama) (Coréen), ipopotanm (Créole guadeloupéen), flodhest (Danois), ngẽtẽl (Didinga), hipopótamo (Espagnol), hipopotamo (Espéranto), jõehobu (Estonien), virtahepo (Finnois), nylhoars (Frison), áarross (Féroïen), vatnhestur (Féroïen), ιπποπόταμος (ippopótamos) [masculine] (Grec), dorina (Haoussa), víziló (Hongrois), ippopotamo (Italien), 河馬 (kaba) (Japonais), カバ (kaba) (Japonais), сусиыр (swsıyır) (Kazakh), troskol (Kotava), hippopotamus (Latin), nīlzirgs (Letton), hipopotams (Letton), kibɔ́kɔ (Lingala), ngubú (Lingala), hipopotamas (Lituanien), cabbyl awin (Mannois), flodhest (Norvégien), nijlpaard (Néerlandais), hippopotamus (Néerlandais), ipoflum (Occitan), ipopotam (Occitan), ipopotame (Occitan), hipopotam (Polonais), hipopótamo (Portugais), hipopotam (Roumain), бегемот (begemot) (Russe), гиппопотам (gippopotam) (Russe), konö (Sango), popòtamu (Sicilien), hroch (Slovaque), povodni kronj (Slovène), nilski kronj (Slovène), doremiremi (Solrésol), d'oremiremi (Solrésol), wungaame (Soninké), yingaame (Soninké), flodhäst (Suédois), kiboko (Swahili), hroch (Tchèque), su aygırı (Turc), гіпопотам (hipopotam) (Ukrainien), бегемот (behemot) (Ukrainien), hà mã (Vietnamien), ipopotame [masculine] (Wallon)
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      "ref": "politiques, Mercure de France, 1775, page 225",
      "text": "Ce tableau repréſente une barque ſur le Nil, pourſuivie par une hippopotame & par un crocodile.",
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      "text": "On voit dans le Cabinet de Leyde, une hippopotame qui nous a paru aſſez conforme à cette deſcription. […] Dans l’un des Cabinets d’Histoire Naturelle du Château de Chantilly, il y a un jeune hippopotame bien conſervé & l’oſſature entiere de la tête d’un cheval de riviere.",
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    "Du latin hippopotamus, issu du grec ancien ἱπποπόταμος, hippopótamos (« cheval du fleuve »),composé de ἵππος, híppos (« cheval ») et de ποταμός, potamós (« fleuve »)."
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          "text": "Tu as vu ça? Voilà qu’on exerce les hippopotames au trot attelé, maintenant!"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
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      "lang": "Chinois",
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      "lang": "Coréen",
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      "lang": "Didinga",
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      "word": "hipopotamo"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "ipopotam"
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      "word": "ipopotame"
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      "word": "hipopotam"
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    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
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      "word": "hipopótamo"
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    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
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      "word": "hipopotam"
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      "lang": "Russe",
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      "lang": "Sango",
      "lang_code": "sg",
      "word": "konö"
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    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "popòtamu"
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    {
      "lang": "Slovaque",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "word": "hroch"
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    {
      "lang": "Slovène",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "word": "povodni kronj"
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    {
      "lang": "Slovène",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "word": "nilski kronj"
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    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "doremiremi"
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    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
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    {
      "lang": "Soninké",
      "lang_code": "snk",
      "word": "wungaame"
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    {
      "lang": "Soninké",
      "lang_code": "snk",
      "word": "yingaame"
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    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "flodhäst"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "word": "kiboko"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "hroch"
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    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "su aygırı"
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      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hipopotam",
      "word": "гіпопотам"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "behemot",
      "word": "бегемот"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "hà mã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ipopotame"
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    "Traductions en finnois",
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    "Traductions en grec",
    "Traductions en haoussa",
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    "Traductions en sango",
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    "Traductions en slovaque",
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      "text": "Ce tableau repréſente une barque ſur le Nil, pourſuivie par une hippopotame & par un crocodile.",
      "time": "XVIIIᵉ siècle",
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      "text": "On voit dans le Cabinet de Leyde, une hippopotame qui nous a paru aſſez conforme à cette deſcription. […] Dans l’un des Cabinets d’Histoire Naturelle du Château de Chantilly, il y a un jeune hippopotame bien conſervé & l’oſſature entiere de la tête d’un cheval de riviere.",
      "time": "XVIIIᵉ siècle",
      "translation": "On voit dans le Cabinet de Leyde, une hippopotame qui nous a paru assez conforme à cette description. […] Dans l’un des Cabinets d’Histoire Naturelle du Château de Chantilly, il y a un jeune hippopotame bien conservé et l’ossature entière de la tête d’un cheval de rivière."
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    "Du latin hippopotamus, issu du grec ancien ἱπποπόταμος, hippopótamos (« cheval du fleuve »),composé de ἵππος, híppos (« cheval ») et de ποταμός, potamós (« fleuve »)."
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      "word": "hippopotame commun"
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      "sense": "Hexaprotodon liberiensis",
      "word": "hippopotame nain"
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          "ref": "Georges Simenon, Le Blanc à lunettes, ch. II, Gallimard, 1937",
          "text": "Son regard cherchait sur la rivière en amont. Depuis trois ans, un hippopotame vivait de ce côté et on en était arrivé à en parler comme d’un animal domestique."
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          "ref": "journal Le Télégramme, édition Morlaix, 30 juillet 2022, page 14",
          "text": "Les zones humides du parc, notamment le canal de Kazinga, grouillent également d’hippopotames et de crocodiles."
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        "Très gros quadrupède amphibie herbivore d’Afrique, qui vit le jour dans l’eau douce (fleuves et rivières) et broute la nuit, en particulier l’hippopotame amphibie (Hippopotamus amphibius)."
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          "ref": "Greg et Alain Saint-Ogan, Zig et Puce – Le voleur fantôme, éditions du Lombard, 1974, page 35",
          "text": "Tu as vu ça? Voilà qu’on exerce les hippopotames au trot attelé, maintenant!"
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          "ref": "Philippe Morvan, Les Fils du Ciel, Calmann-Lévy, 2021",
          "text": "Jaco avait certes conservé un peu de son embonpoint, mais il ne ressemblait plus que de très loin au gamin bouffi qu’il avait été, autrefois, l’hippopotame furieux…"
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      "word": "seekoei"
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      "word": "Flußpferd"
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      "word": "Flusspferd"
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      "word": "zeekoe"
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      "word": "بِرْنِيق"
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      "word": "hipopótamu"
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      "word": "'gbanɛ"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "dourvarc’h"
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      "roman": "hipopotam",
      "word": "хипопотам"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "hipopòtam"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinois",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "hémǎ",
      "traditional_writing": "河馬",
      "word": "河马"
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      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "hama",
      "word": "하마"
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      "word": "ipopotanm"
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      "lang": "Danois",
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      "word": "flodhest"
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    {
      "lang": "Didinga",
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      "word": "ngẽtẽl"
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      "word": "hipopótamo"
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      "word": "hipopotamo"
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      "lang": "Estonien",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "word": "jõehobu"
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    {
      "lang": "Féroïen",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "áarross"
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    {
      "lang": "Féroïen",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "vatnhestur"
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    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "virtahepo"
    },
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      "lang": "Frison",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "word": "nylhoars"
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      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "ippopótamos",
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      "word": "ιπποπόταμος"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Haoussa",
      "lang_code": "ha",
      "word": "dorina"
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    {
      "lang": "Hongrois",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "víziló"
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      "lang": "Italien",
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      "word": "ippopotamo"
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      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kaba",
      "word": "カバ"
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "lang_code": "avk",
      "word": "troskol"
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      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "hippopotamus"
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      "word": "nīlzirgs"
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      "lang": "Letton",
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      "word": "hipopotams"
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      "word": "kibɔ́kɔ"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "ln",
      "word": "ngubú"
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      "word": "hipopotamas"
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      "word": "ipopotam"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "ipopotame"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "hipopotam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "hipopótamo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "hipopotam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "begemot",
      "word": "бегемот"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "gippopotam",
      "word": "гиппопотам"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sango",
      "lang_code": "sg",
      "word": "konö"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "popòtamu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovaque",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "word": "hroch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovène",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "word": "povodni kronj"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovène",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "word": "nilski kronj"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "doremiremi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "d'oremiremi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Soninké",
      "lang_code": "snk",
      "word": "wungaame"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Soninké",
      "lang_code": "snk",
      "word": "yingaame"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "flodhäst"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "word": "kiboko"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "hroch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "su aygırı"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hipopotam",
      "word": "гіпопотам"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "behemot",
      "word": "бегемот"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "hà mã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ipopotame"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hippopotame"
}

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