gnu

See also: Gnu, GNU, gnú, and gnû

English

Etymology

Taken from Nama, likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
(US) IPA^(key): /nuː/, /njuː/
Rhymes: -uː
Homophones: new, nu, knew

In the UK, "gnu" is pronounced nearly ubiquitously as /ɡəˈnuː/ due to the cultural impact of the Flanders and Swann song The Gnu.

Noun

a few gnus

gnu (plural gnus or gnu)

A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa having curved horns.

Synonyms

wildebeest

Translations

large antelope

Afrikaans: wildebees (af)
Assamese: নু পহু (nu pohu)
Catalan: nyu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牛羚 (niúlíng), 角馬, 角马 (jiǎomǎ)
Czech: pakůň hřivnatý
Danish: gnu (da) c
Dutch: gnoe (nl) m
Esperanto: gnuo
Finnish: gnu (fi), gnuu (fi)
French: gnou (fr) m
Galician: ñu
German: Gnu (de) n
Greek: γκνου (el) n (gknou)
Hebrew: גנו‎‎ m (g'nu)
Hungarian: gnú (hu)
Italian: gnu (it) m

Japanese: ヌー (ja) (nū), 牛氈鹿 (ウシカモシカ, ushikamoshika)
Korean: 누 (ko) (nu)
Macedonian: гну n (gnu)
Malay: gnu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gnu (no) m

Nynorsk: gnu m
Polish: gnu n/f
Portuguese: gnu (pt) m
Romanian: gnu (ro) m
Russian: гну (ru) m, f (gnu), антило́па-гну f (antilópa-gnu)
Slovene: gnu (sl) m
Spanish: ñu (es) m
Swahili: nyumbu (sw), mbogo (sw)
Swedish: gnu (sv) c
Tagalog: nyu
Vietnamese: linh dương đầu bò

Anagrams

Ngu, Ung, gun, nug

Danish

Etymology

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe, from Bantu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡnuː/, [ɡ̊nuːˀ]

Noun

gnu c (singular definite gnuen, plural indefinite gnuer)

gnu, wildebeest

Inflection

Declension of gnu

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gnu	gnuen	gnuer	gnuerne
genitive	gnus	gnuens	gnuers	gnuernes

Finnish

Alternative forms

gnuu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡnuː/
Rhymes: -uː
Hyphenation: gnu

Noun

gnu

gnu, wildebeest (antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou (large antelope native to south Africa)
blue wildebeest, brindled gnu, Connochaetes taurinus (large antelope native to eastern Africa)

Declension

Declension of gnu (type maa)

	singular	plural
nominative	gnu	gnut
genitive	gnun	gnuiden
partitive	gnuta	gnuita
accusative	gnu gnun	gnut
inessive	gnussa	gnuissa
elative	gnusta	gnuista
illative	gnuhun	gnuihin
adessive	gnulla	gnuilla
ablative	gnulta	gnuilta
allative	gnullu	gnuille
essive	gnuna	gnuina
translative	gnuksi	gnuiksi
instructive	–	gnuin
abessive	gnutta	gnuitta
comitative	–	gnuineen

Synonyms

(Connochaetes gnou): valkohäntägnu
(Connochaetes taurinus): juovagnu

Derived terms

valkohäntägnu, Connochaetes gnou (black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu)
juovagnu, Connochaetes taurinus, (blue wildebeest, brindled gnu)

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɲu/
Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (invariable)

gnu

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From an African language, via German Gnu

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuer, definite plural gnuene)

a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

References

“gnu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From an African language, via German Gnu

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuar, definite plural gnuane)

a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

References

“gnu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡnu/
audio (file)

Noun

gnu n

gnu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡnu/, /ɡi.ˈnu/
Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (plural gnus)

gnu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse gnýr (“clash, din”) and gnyðr (“murmur”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ŋʉ́ː], [ɡ̊ɳʉ́ː] (example of pronunciation)
Rhymes: -ʉ́ː

Noun

gnu n (definite singular gnue)

roaring, rumbling

Alternative forms

gny

Verb

gnu

singular present of gnuu
singular imperative of gnuu

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