ζώο

Greek

Alternative forms

• ζώον (zóon) (emphasis on interjection)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓyyon, from Pre-Hellenic *gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeh₃w-y-om, from *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/

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• Hyphenation: ζώ‧ο

Noun

ζώο • (zóo) n (plural ζώα)

1. (zoology) mammal
2. animal, beast, creature
3. brute, stupid (used as derogatory interjection)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ζώο (zóo)	ζώα (zóa)
genitive	ζώου (zóou)	ζώων (zóon)
accusative	ζώο (zóo)	ζώα (zóa)
vocative	ζώο (zóo)	ζώα (zóa)

vernacular nominative, accusative and vocative plural: ζα

Synonyms

• ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
• ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
• κτήνος m (ktínos, “domestic animal”)

Derived terms

• τα ζώα μου αργά (ta zóa mou argá, “very lazy”)
• βασιλιάς των ζώων (vasiliás ton zóon, “lion, king of beasts”)

Related terms

• see ζωο- (zoo-)
• βρομόζωο n (vromózoo, “dirty animal”)
• επιζωοτία f (epizootía, “epidemic of animals”)
• ζωανθρωπία f (zoanthropía, “zoanthropy”) (psychiatry)
• ζώδιο n (zódio, “astrological sign”)
• ζωικός (zoïkós, “of the animals”) and derivatives
• ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
• ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
• ζωόφιλος (zoófilos, “friend of animals”)
• ζωύφιο n (zoýfio, “small insect”)
• ζωώδης (zoódis, adjective)
• Μετάζωα n pl (Metázoa, “Metazoa”) (biology)
• Παράζωα n pl (Parázoa, “Parazoa”) (biology)
• Πρωτόζωα n pl (Protózoa, “Protozoa”) (biology)
• πειραματόζωο n (peiramatózoo, “guinea pig, animal as experimental subject”)
• Σπορόζωα n pl (Sporózoa, “Sporozoa”) (biology)
• φιλόζωος (filózoos, “friend of animals”)
• φιλοζωικός (filozoïkós, “of friend of animals”)
• ωοζωοτοκία f (oozootokía)
• ωοζωοτόκος (oozootókos)
• and see: ζωή f (zoḯ, “life”)

Further reading

• ζώο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el