hippopotamus

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• UK: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
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• Canada, US: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs/
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• Canada, US: [ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.ɾə.məs]
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• Philippines: /hɪ.poˈpo.ta.mʊs/
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• Philippines: /hɪ.po.poˈta.mʊs/
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• /ˌhi.po̞.po̞ˈte̞ː.mo̞s/ Ghana
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• Nigeria: /ˌhi.poˈpo.te.mɔs/
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From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). First attested in the 1560s. Displaced native Old English sǣhenġest, and largely displaced English nicker (from native Old English nicor) and river horse.

208 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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