zoo

Etymology

Clipping of zoological garden, and now the usual form. See also zoology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

zoo (plural zoos)

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.

2. (figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

   The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

3. (US, military, slang) The jungle.
   • 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)

     I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of zoològic.
   • 2016 November 9, “'Midnight Cowboy'”, in El Periódico‎:

     O sigui, els sorolls del zoo de demòcrates i republicans.

Further reading

• “zoo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Noun

zoo f

1. zoo

Etymology

From English zoo

Noun

zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)

1. a zoo, zoological garden

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping of zoologia ĝardeno.

Noun

zoo (accusative singular zoon, plural zooj, accusative plural zoojn)

1. zoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo/, /zo.o/

• audio

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Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Further reading

• “zoo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdzɔ.o/

Noun

zoo m (invariable)

1. zoo

Etymology

From English zoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu/
• Rhymes: -zu, -u

Noun

zoo

1. zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.ʔɔ/

Noun

zoo n (indeclinable)

1. zoo

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. Clipping of zoológico.

Verb

zoo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of zoar

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθo/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈso/

Noun

zoo m (plural zoos)

1. zoo

Further reading

• “zoo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Adjective

zoo

1. good

Derived terms

• mus zoo
• nyob zoo