English Explanatory Dictionary

Zulu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
  2. Any black person.
  3. Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
name
  1. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Pronunciation

/ˈzuːluː/ En-ca-Zulu.oga

Word forms

Zulu Zulus Zooloo

Etymology

Etymology tree Zulu umu- Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Zulu ú- Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ Zulu ī́zulu Zulu úZulu Zulu uḿZuluder. English Zulu Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.

Synonyms

isiZulu

Related words

Bravo Zulu Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms zu zul zul ⁠

Derived words

Zuludom Zuluise Zuluize Zululand Zuluness

Translations

Afrikaans: Zoeloe Catalan: zulu Dutch: Zoeloe Finnish: zulu French: Zoulou French: Zouloue Galician: zulú German: Zulu Greek: Ζουλού Italian: zulù Japanese: ズールー人 Manx: Sooloo Polish: Zulus Polish: Zuluska Portuguese: zulu Russian: зулу́с Swahili: Mzulu Yiddish: זולו Zulu: umZulu class 1/6
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