Zimbabwe
English

Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
Hypernyms
Translations
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Chichewa
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɪmbabvɛ]
Proper noun
Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan)
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
- Zimbabwe in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑ̝bwe̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑbwe
- Syllabification(key): Zim‧bab‧we
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
- Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe
Declension
Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — | ||
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | ||
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | ||
illative | Zimbabween | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Zimbabwe | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Zimbabwe | — | |
gen. | Zimbabwen | |||
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | ||
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | ||
inessive | Zimbabwessa | — | ||
elative | Zimbabwesta | — | ||
illative | Zimbabween | — | ||
adessive | Zimbabwella | — | ||
ablative | Zimbabwelta | — | ||
allative | Zimbabwelle | — | ||
essive | Zimbabwena | — | ||
translative | Zimbabweksi | — | ||
abessive | Zimbabwetta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
- adjectives: zimbabwelainen
- nouns: zimbabwelainen
Hungarian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzimbɒbvɛ]
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
- Rhymes: -vɛ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwénak | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwéval | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévá | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwéban | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénál | — |
illative | Zimbabwéba | — |
sublative | Zimbabwéra | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhoz | — |
elative | Zimbabwéból | — |
delative | Zimbabwéról | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéja | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétok | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjuk | — |
or somewhat less commonly
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwének | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwével | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévé | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwében | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénél | — |
illative | Zimbabwébe | — |
sublative | Zimbabwére | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhez | — |
elative | Zimbabwéből | — |
delative | Zimbabwéről | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéje | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétek | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjük | — |
Derived terms
- zimbabwei
Italian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) */d͡zimˈba.bu.e/[1]
- Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we
Derived terms
References
- Zimbabwe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zimˈbab.vɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -abvɛ
- Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we
Further reading
- Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Shona
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
References
- “Zimbabwe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swahili
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)