Hippopotamus
//ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs//
Translations of "hippopotamus" (145 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | seekoei(African mammal) | — | |
| Albanian | hipopotam(African mammal), hippopotamus(African mammal), kali i Nilit(African mammal) | — | |
| Amharic | ጉማሬ(African mammal) | gumare | |
| Ancient Greek | ἱπποπόταμος(African mammal), ἵππος ποτάμιος(African mammal) | hippopótamos, híppos potámios | |
| Arabic | سَيِّد قِشْطه(African mammal), فرس النهر(African mammal), فَرَس النَّهْر(African mammal), فَرَس نَهْر(African mammal) | sayyed ʔešṭa, faras in-náher, faras an-nahar, faras nahr | |
| Aragonese | hipopotamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Armenian | բեգեմոտ(African mammal), գետաձի(African mammal) | begemot, getaji | |
| Assamese | জলহস্তী(African mammal) | zolohosti | |
| Asturian | hipopótamu(African mammal) | — | |
| Ateso | emiria(African mammal) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | begemot(African mammal), su atı(African mammal) | — | |
| Bangi | ngubu(African mammal) | — | |
| Basque | hipopotamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Beja | iisin(African mammal) | — | |
| Belarusian | бегемо́т(African mammal), гіпапата́м(African mammal) | bjehjemót, hipapatám | |
| Bengali | জলহস্তী(African mammal) | jolohosti | |
| Bulgarian | бегемо́т(African mammal), ре́чен кон(African mammal), хипопота́м(African mammal) | begemót, réčen kon, hipopotám | |
| Burmese | ရေမြင်း(African mammal) | re-mrang: | |
| Catalan | hipopòtam(African mammal) | — | |
| Cerma | yoŋo(African mammal) | — | |
| Chadian Arabic | قرنتي(African mammal) | girinti | |
| Chichewa | madzi abisa ndiwo(African mammal), mvuú(African mammal), ndomondo(African mammal) | — | |
| Chinese | 河馬 /河马(African mammal) | zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 河馬 /河马(African mammal) | ho⁴ maa⁵ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 河馬 /河马(African mammal) | hémǎ | |
| Chuvash | бегемот(African mammal) | begemot | |
| Cornish | dowrvargh(African mammal) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | suv ayğırı(African mammal) | — | |
| Czech | hroch(African mammal) | — | |
| Danish | flodhest(African mammal) | — | |
| Dime | ʔarú(African mammal) | — | |
| Dutch | nijlpaard(African mammal) | — | |
| Dyula | mali(African mammal), mɛli(African mammal) | — | |
| Egyptian | d-b-E25(African mammal), xA-A-b-E25(African mammal) | db, ḫꜣb | |
| Erzya | леельде(African mammal) | lejelde | |
| Esperanto | hipopotamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Estonian | jõehobu(African mammal) | — | |
| Faroese | áarross(African mammal) | — | |
| Finnish | virtahepo(African mammal) | — | |
| French | cheval marin(African mammal), hippo(African mammal), hippopotame(African mammal) | — | |
| Galician | hipopótamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Georgian | ბეჰემოთი(African mammal), ჰიპოპოტამი(African mammal) | behemoti, hiṗoṗoṭami | |
| German | Flusspferd(African mammal), Nilpferd(African mammal) | — | |
| Greek | ιπποπόταμος(African mammal) | ippopótamos | |
| Greenlandic | imermiutarsuaq(African mammal) | — | |
| Hakka Chinese | 河馬 /河马(African mammal) | hò-mâ | |
| Hamer-Banna | áaɗe(African mammal) | — | |
| Hausa | dṑrinā(African mammal) | — | |
| Hebrew | בְּהֵמוֹת(African mammal), הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם(African mammal), סוּס יְאוֹר(African mammal) | b'hemót, hipopotám, sus y'ór | |
| Hindi | जलहस्ती(African mammal), जलीय घोड़ा(African mammal), दरियाई घोड़ा(African mammal) | jalhastī, jalīya ghoṛā, dariyāī ghoṛā | |
| Hungarian | víziló(African mammal) | — | |
| Icelandic | flóðhestur(African mammal) | — | |
| Indonesian | kuda nil(African mammal) | — | |
| Ingrian | begemootta(African mammal) | — | |
| Irish | dobhareach(African mammal) | — | |
| Isoko | eniamị(African mammal) | — | |
| Italian | ippopotamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Japanese | カバ(African mammal), 河馬(African mammal) | kaba, kaba | |
| Kalmyk | усна үкр(African mammal) | usna ükr | |
| Karang | naymbih(African mammal) | — | |
| Kazakh | бегемот(African mammal), су сиыры(African mammal), сусиыр(African mammal) | begemot, su siyry, susiyr | |
| Khmer | ដំរីទឹក(African mammal) | dɑmrəy tɨk | |
| Kituba | nguvu(African mammal) | — | |
| Kongo | nguvu(African mammal) | — | |
| Korean | 하마(African mammal) | hama | |
| Kumyk | суват(African mammal) | suwat | |
| Kyrgyz | бегемот(African mammal), гиппопотам(African mammal) | begemot, gippopotam | |
| Lao | ຊ້າງນ້ຳ(African mammal) | sāng nam | |
| Latin | hippopotamus(African mammal) | — | |
| Latvian | behemots(African mammal), hipopotams(African mammal), nīlzirgs(African mammal) | — | |
| Lingala | ngubu(African mammal), ngubú(African mammal) | — | |
| Lithuanian | begemotas(African mammal), hipopotamas(African mammal), upėarklis(African mammal) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | wódny kóń(African mammal) | — | |
| Macedonian | нилски коњ(African mammal) | nilski konj | |
| Malay | badak air(African mammal) | — | |
| Malayalam | നീർക്കുതിര(African mammal), ഹിപ്പോപ്പൊട്ടാമസ്(African mammal) | nīṟkkutira, hippōppoṭṭāmasŭ | |
| Maltese | ippopotamu(African mammal) | — | |
| Manx | cabbylawin(African mammal) | — | |
| Marathi | पाणघोड(African mammal) | pāṇghoḍ | |
| Miya | su ándázhi(African mammal) | — | |
| Mongo | ngubu(African mammal) | — | |
| Mongolian | армаана(African mammal), армана(African mammal), усан тахь(African mammal), усны үхэр(African mammal), ᠠᠷᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ(African mammal), ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠦ ᠦᠬᠡᠷ(African mammal), ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠲᠠᠬᠢ(African mammal) | armaana, armana, usan taxʹ, usny üxer, araman-a, usun-ü üker, usun taki | |
| Nandi | makas(African mammal) | — | |
| Navajo | tééhoołtsódii(African mammal) | — | |
| Nogai | зил(African mammal) | zil | |
| Northern Kurdish | hespê avê(African mammal) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | flodhest(African mammal) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | flodhest(African mammal) | — | |
| Occitan | ipopotam(African mammal) | — | |
| Odia | ଦରିଆ ଘୋଡ଼ା(African mammal) | dariā ghoṟḍ̠ā | |
| Ojibwe | gchi-bgwaji-gookoosh(African mammal) | — | |
| Old English | nicor(African mammal) | — | |
| Ossetian | бегемот(African mammal) | begemot | |
| Ottoman Turkish | آت بالغی(African mammal), صو آیغری(African mammal), هیپوپوتام(African mammal) | at balığı, su ayğırı, hipopotam | |
| Pashto | د اوبو آس(African mammal) | — | |
| Persian | اسب آبی(African mammal) | asb-e âbi | |
| Polish | hipopotam(African mammal) | — | |
| Portuguese | hipopótamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਦਰਿਆਈ ਘੋੜਾ(African mammal) | dariāī ghoṛā | |
| Romani | hipopotàmo(African mammal) | — | |
| Romanian | hipopotam(African mammal) | — | |
| Russian | бегемо́т(African mammal), гиппопота́м(African mammal) | begemót, gippopotám | |
| Salar | su at(African mammal) | — | |
| Sambe | tòbárì(African mammal) | — | |
| Sanskrit | करियाद(African mammal) | kariyāda | |
| Scottish Gaelic | capall-abhainn(African mammal), each-aibhne(African mammal) | — | |
| Senoufo Supyire | kòòntìrìŋè(African mammal) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | nilski konj(African mammal), povodni konj(African mammal), нилски коњ(African mammal), поводни коњ(African mammal) | — | |
| Sinhalese | හිපපොටේමස්(African mammal) | hipapoṭēmas | |
| Slovak | hroch(African mammal) | — | |
| Slovene | nilski konj(African mammal), povodni konj(African mammal) | — | |
| Somali | jeer(African mammal) | — | |
| Sotho | kubu(African mammal) | — | |
| Spanish | hipopótamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Swahili | kiboko(African mammal) | — | |
| Swedish | flodhäst(African mammal) | — | |
| Tagalog | ipopotamo(African mammal) | — | |
| Tajik | аспи обӣ(African mammal), баҳмут(African mammal) | asp-i obi, bahmut | |
| Tamil | நீரானை(African mammal) | nīrāṉai | |
| Tatar | гиппопотам(African mammal), су сыеры(African mammal), су үгезе(African mammal) | gippopotam, su sıyırı, su ügeze | |
| Thai | ฮิปโปโปเตมัส(African mammal) | híp-bpoo-bpoo-dtee-más | |
| Tibetan | ཆུ་རྟ(African mammal) | chu rta | |
| Tigrinya | ጉማረ(African mammal) | gumarä | |
| Tooro | enjubu class 9(African mammal), ensere class 9(African mammal) | — | |
| Tsonga | mpfuvu(African mammal) | — | |
| Tumbuka | chigwere(African mammal) | — | |
| Tunisian Arabic | ليپوپوتام(African mammal) | lipuputēm | |
| Turkana | epiri(African mammal) | — | |
| Turkish | hipopotam(African mammal), su aygırı(African mammal) | — | |
| Turkmen | begemot(African mammal), gippopotam(African mammal), suw aty(African mammal) | — | |
| Ukrainian | бегемо́т(African mammal), гіпопота́м(African mammal) | behemót, hipopotám | |
| Urdu | دریائی گھوڑا(African mammal) | dariyā'ī ghoṛā | |
| Uyghur | بېگېموت(African mammal), سۇ ئېتى(African mammal) | bëgëmot, su ëti | |
| Uzbek | begemot(African mammal), gippopotam(African mammal), suv oti(African mammal) | — | |
| Venda | mvuvhu(African mammal) | — | |
| Vietnamese | hà mã(African mammal), lợn nước(African mammal) | — | |
| Volapük | flumedajevod(African mammal), hiopot(African mammal) | — | |
| Warji | ndaaje(African mammal) | — | |
| Welsh | afonfarch(African mammal), hipopotamws(African mammal) | — | |
| Wolof | léebéer bi(African mammal) | — | |
| Xhosa | imvubu(African mammal) | — | |
| Yao | ndomondo class 9(African mammal) | — | |
| Yiddish | היפּאָפּאָטאַם(African mammal) | hipopotam | |
| Zhuang | hozmaj(African mammal) | — | |
| Zulu | imvubu(African mammal), ingexe(African mammal) | — |
seekoei
hipopotam, hippopotamus, kali i Nilit
سَيِّد قِشْطه, فرس النهر, فَرَس النَّهْر, فَرَس نَهْر
sayyed ʔešṭa, faras in-náher, faras an-nahar, faras nahr
hipopotamo
hipopótamu
emiria
begemot, su atı
ngubu
hipopotamo
iisin
hipopòtam
yoŋo
madzi abisa ndiwo, mvuú, ndomondo
dowrvargh
suv ayğırı
hroch
flodhest
ʔarú
nijlpaard
mali, mɛli
hipopotamo
jõehobu
áarross
virtahepo
cheval marin, hippo, hippopotame
hipopótamo
Flusspferd, Nilpferd
imermiutarsuaq
áaɗe
dṑrinā
víziló
flóðhestur
kuda nil
begemootta
dobhareach
eniamị
ippopotamo
naymbih
nguvu
nguvu
hippopotamus
behemots, hipopotams, nīlzirgs
ngubu, ngubú
begemotas, hipopotamas, upėarklis
wódny kóń
badak air
ippopotamu
cabbylawin
su ándázhi
ngubu
армаана, армана, усан тахь, усны үхэр, ᠠᠷᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ, ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠦ ᠦᠬᠡᠷ, ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠲᠠᠬᠢ
armaana, armana, usan taxʹ, usny üxer, araman-a, usun-ü üker, usun taki
makas
tééhoołtsódii
hespê avê
flodhest
flodhest
ipopotam
gchi-bgwaji-gookoosh
nicor
د اوبو آس
hipopotam
hipopótamo
hipopotàmo
hipopotam
su at
tòbárì
capall-abhainn, each-aibhne
kòòntìrìŋè
nilski konj, povodni konj, нилски коњ, поводни коњ
hroch
nilski konj, povodni konj
jeer
kubu
hipopótamo
kiboko
flodhäst
ipopotamo
enjubu class 9, ensere class 9
mpfuvu
chigwere
epiri
hipopotam, su aygırı
begemot, gippopotam, suw aty
begemot, gippopotam, suv oti
mvuvhu
hà mã, lợn nước
flumedajevod, hiopot
ndaaje
afonfarch, hipopotamws
léebéer bi
imvubu
ndomondo class 9
hozmaj
imvubu, ingexe
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