Hippopotamus

//ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs//

Synonyms for "hippopotamus" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(2 words)
hipporiver horse

Strong matches (7)

Related words (13)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

6 entries

derived

9 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

207 translations across 145 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • seekoei noun (African mammal)

Albanian

3 entries
  • hipopotam noun (African mammal)
  • hippopotamus noun (African mammal)
  • kali i Nilit noun (African mammal)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጉማሬ noun (African mammal)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἱπποπόταμος noun (African mammal)
  • ἵππος ποτάμιος noun (African mammal)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سَيِّد قِشْطه noun (African mammal)
  • فرس النهر noun (African mammal)
  • فَرَس النَّهْر noun (African mammal)
  • فَرَس نَهْر noun (African mammal)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • hipopotamo noun (African mammal)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բեգեմոտ noun (African mammal)
  • գետաձի noun (African mammal)

Assamese

1 entries
  • জলহস্তী noun (African mammal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • hipopótamu noun (African mammal)

Ateso

1 entries
  • emiria noun (African mammal)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • begemot noun (African mammal)
  • su atı noun (African mammal)

Bangi

1 entries
  • ngubu noun (African mammal)

Basque

1 entries
  • hipopotamo noun (African mammal)

Beja

1 entries
  • iisin noun (African mammal)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • бегемо́т noun (African mammal)
  • гіпапата́м noun (African mammal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জলহস্তী noun (African mammal)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бегемо́т noun (African mammal)
  • ре́чен кон noun (African mammal)
  • хипопота́м noun (African mammal)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရေမြင်း noun (African mammal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • hipopòtam noun (African mammal)

Cerma

1 entries
  • yoŋo noun (African mammal)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries
  • قرنتي noun (African mammal)

Chichewa

3 entries
  • madzi abisa ndiwo noun (African mammal)
  • mvuú noun (African mammal)
  • ndomondo noun (African mammal)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 河馬 /河马 noun (African mammal)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 河馬 /河马 noun (African mammal)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 河馬 /河马 noun (African mammal)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • бегемот noun (African mammal)

Cornish

1 entries
  • dowrvargh noun (African mammal)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • suv ayğırı noun (African mammal)

Czech

1 entries
  • hroch noun (African mammal)

Danish

1 entries
  • flodhest noun (African mammal)

Dime

1 entries
  • ʔarú noun (African mammal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • nijlpaard noun (African mammal)

Dyula

2 entries
  • mali noun (African mammal)
  • mɛli noun (African mammal)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • d-b-E25 noun (African mammal)
  • xA-A-b-E25 noun (African mammal)

Erzya

1 entries
  • леельде noun (African mammal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • hipopotamo noun (African mammal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • jõehobu noun (African mammal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • áarross noun (African mammal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • virtahepo noun (African mammal)

French

3 entries
  • cheval marin noun (African mammal)
  • hippo noun (African mammal)
  • hippopotame noun (African mammal)

Galician

1 entries
  • hipopótamo noun (African mammal)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბეჰემოთი noun (African mammal)
  • ჰიპოპოტამი noun (African mammal)

German

2 entries
  • Flusspferd noun (African mammal)
  • Nilpferd noun (African mammal)

Greek

1 entries
  • ιπποπόταμος noun (African mammal)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • imermiutarsuaq noun (African mammal)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 河馬 /河马 noun (African mammal)

Hamer-Banna

1 entries
  • áaɗe noun (African mammal)

Hausa

1 entries
  • dṑrinā noun (African mammal)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • בְּהֵמוֹת noun (African mammal)
  • הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם noun (African mammal)
  • סוּס יְאוֹר noun (African mammal)

Hindi

3 entries
  • जलहस्ती noun (African mammal)
  • जलीय घोड़ा noun (African mammal)
  • दरियाई घोड़ा noun (African mammal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • víziló noun (African mammal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • flóðhestur noun (African mammal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kuda nil noun (African mammal)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • begemootta noun (African mammal)

Irish

1 entries
  • dobhareach noun (African mammal)

Isoko

1 entries
  • eniamị noun (African mammal)

Italian

1 entries
  • ippopotamo noun (African mammal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • カバ noun (African mammal)
  • 河馬 noun (African mammal)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • усна үкр noun (African mammal)

Karang

1 entries
  • naymbih noun (African mammal)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • бегемот noun (African mammal)
  • су сиыры noun (African mammal)
  • сусиыр noun (African mammal)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដំរីទឹក noun (African mammal)

Kituba

1 entries
  • nguvu noun (African mammal)

Kongo

1 entries
  • nguvu noun (African mammal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 하마 noun (African mammal)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • суват noun (African mammal)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бегемот noun (African mammal)
  • гиппопотам noun (African mammal)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຊ້າງນ້ຳ noun (African mammal)

Latin

1 entries
  • hippopotamus noun (African mammal)

Latvian

3 entries
  • behemots noun (African mammal)
  • hipopotams noun (African mammal)
  • nīlzirgs noun (African mammal)

Lingala

2 entries
  • ngubu noun (African mammal)
  • ngubú noun (African mammal)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • begemotas noun (African mammal)
  • hipopotamas noun (African mammal)
  • upėarklis noun (African mammal)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wódny kóń noun (African mammal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • нилски коњ noun (African mammal)

Malay

1 entries
  • badak air noun (African mammal)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • നീർക്കുതിര noun (African mammal)
  • ഹിപ്പോപ്പൊട്ടാമസ് noun (African mammal)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ippopotamu noun (African mammal)

Manx

1 entries
  • cabbylawin noun (African mammal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पाणघोड noun (African mammal)

Miya

1 entries
  • su ándázhi noun (African mammal)

Mongo

1 entries
  • ngubu noun (African mammal)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • армаана noun (African mammal)
  • армана noun (African mammal)
  • усан тахь noun (African mammal)
  • усны үхэр noun (African mammal)

Nandi

1 entries
  • makas noun (African mammal)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tééhoołtsódii noun (African mammal)

Nogai

1 entries
  • зил noun (African mammal)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hespê avê noun (African mammal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • flodhest noun (African mammal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • flodhest noun (African mammal)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ipopotam noun (African mammal)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଦରିଆ ଘୋଡ଼ା noun (African mammal)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • gchi-bgwaji-gookoosh noun (African mammal)

Old English

1 entries
  • nicor noun (African mammal)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • бегемот noun (African mammal)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • آت بالغی noun (African mammal)
  • صو آیغری noun (African mammal)
  • هیپوپوتام noun (African mammal)

Pashto

1 entries
  • د اوبو آس noun (African mammal)

Persian

1 entries
  • اسب آبی noun (African mammal)

Polish

1 entries
  • hipopotam noun (African mammal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • hipopótamo noun (African mammal)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਦਰਿਆਈ ਘੋੜਾ noun (African mammal)

Romani

1 entries
  • hipopotàmo noun (African mammal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • hipopotam noun (African mammal)

Russian

2 entries
  • бегемо́т noun (African mammal)
  • гиппопота́м noun (African mammal)

Salar

1 entries
  • su at noun (African mammal)

Sambe

1 entries
  • tòbárì noun (African mammal)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • करियाद noun (African mammal)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • capall-abhainn noun (African mammal)
  • each-aibhne noun (African mammal)

Senoufo Supyire

1 entries
  • kòòntìrìŋè noun (African mammal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nilski konj noun (African mammal)
  • povodni konj noun (African mammal)
  • нилски коњ noun (African mammal)
  • поводни коњ noun (African mammal)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • හිපපොටේමස් noun (African mammal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hroch noun (African mammal)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nilski konj noun (African mammal)
  • povodni konj noun (African mammal)

Somali

1 entries
  • jeer noun (African mammal)

Sotho

1 entries
  • kubu noun (African mammal)

Spanish

1 entries
  • hipopótamo noun (African mammal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kiboko noun (African mammal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • flodhäst noun (African mammal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ipopotamo noun (African mammal)

Tajik

2 entries
  • аспи обӣ noun (African mammal)
  • баҳмут noun (African mammal)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நீரானை noun (African mammal)

Tatar

3 entries
  • гиппопотам noun (African mammal)
  • су сыеры noun (African mammal)
  • су үгезе noun (African mammal)

Thai

1 entries
  • ฮิปโปโปเตมัส noun (African mammal)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཆུ་རྟ noun (African mammal)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ጉማረ noun (African mammal)

Tooro

2 entries
  • enjubu class 9 noun (African mammal)
  • ensere class 9 noun (African mammal)

Tsonga

1 entries
  • mpfuvu noun (African mammal)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • chigwere noun (African mammal)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries
  • ليپوپوتام noun (African mammal)

Turkana

1 entries
  • epiri noun (African mammal)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hipopotam noun (African mammal)
  • su aygırı noun (African mammal)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • begemot noun (African mammal)
  • gippopotam noun (African mammal)
  • suw aty noun (African mammal)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • бегемо́т noun (African mammal)
  • гіпопота́м noun (African mammal)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دریائی گھوڑا noun (African mammal)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بېگېموت noun (African mammal)
  • سۇ ئېتى noun (African mammal)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • begemot noun (African mammal)
  • gippopotam noun (African mammal)
  • suv oti noun (African mammal)

Venda

1 entries
  • mvuvhu noun (African mammal)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hà mã noun (African mammal)
  • lợn nước noun (African mammal)

Volapük

2 entries
  • flumedajevod noun (African mammal)
  • hiopot noun (African mammal)

Warji

1 entries
  • ndaaje noun (African mammal)

Welsh

2 entries
  • afonfarch noun (African mammal)
  • hipopotamws noun (African mammal)

Wolof

1 entries
  • léebéer bi noun (African mammal)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • imvubu noun (African mammal)

Yao

1 entries
  • ndomondo class 9 noun (African mammal)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • היפּאָפּאָטאַם noun (African mammal)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • hozmaj noun (African mammal)

Zulu

2 entries
  • imvubu noun (African mammal)
  • ingexe noun (African mammal)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Tom told Mary that he thought a hippopotamus could run at a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour.

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The Council slaves whipped him with their hippopotamus hide whips.

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Tom was trampled by a wild hippopotamus.

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I saw a hippopotamus at the zoo.

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