Phrase guide

zoological garden

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈɡɑːdən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌzuə-/
  • General-American: /ˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒɪkəl ˈɡɑɹdən/
  • General-American: /ˌzuə-/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A zoo, a park where live animals are exhibited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: zoological park

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: menagerie, zoo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: facility, installation

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَدِيقَة الْحَيَوَان — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Armenian: կենդանաբանական այգի (kendanabanakan aygi) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Bulgarian: зоологи́ческа гради́на (zoologíčeska gradína) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 動物園 /动物园 — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動物園 /动物园 (dòngwùyuán) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Czech: zoologická zahrada — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Finnish: eläintarha — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • French: jardin zoologique — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Galician: parque zoolóxico — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • German: zoologischer Garten — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • German: Tiergarten — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Greek: ζωολογικός κήπος (zoologikós kípos) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Japanese: 動物園 (dōbutsuen) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Macedonian: зооло́шка гра́дина (zoolóška grádina) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Malay: kebun binatang — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Malay: taman haiwan — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Polish: ogród zoologiczny — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Polish: zoo — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Polish: zoolog — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Polish: zwierzyniec — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Portuguese: jardim zoológico — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Romanian: grădină zoologică — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Romanian: parc zoologic — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Russian: зоологический сад (zoologičeskij sad) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Russian: зоологический парк (zoologičeskij park) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Russian: зоопа́рк (zoopárk) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Tamil: உயிரியல் பூங்கா (uyiriyal pūṅkā) — zoo (stilted or formal)
  • Volapük: nimagad — zoo (stilted or formal)