see|Hippopotamus
Image:Hippopotamus amphibius.JPG|thumb|hippopotamus at Kruger Park
English
Etymology
L. and NL. #Latin|hippopotamus from Gr. hippopotamos alternatively hippos potamios (�riverine horse�) from ἵ��ο� + �ο�αμ��.
Pronunciation
wikipedia
Hip*po-po*-ta-mus
IPA|/�hɪp��p�t�m�s/
SAMPA|/%hIp@"pQt@m@s/
audio|en-us-hippopotamus.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|plhippopotamuses|pl2hippopotami
- A large, plant-eating African mammal that spends most of the day living in water. (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Translations
trans-top|large African mammal
Afrikaans: seekoei
Arabic: ا�س�د �شطة
Bosnian: nilski konj m
Chinese: (hém�)
Czech: hroch m
Danish: flodhest c
Dutch: nijlpaard n
Estonian: jõehobu
Finnish: virtahepo
French: hippopotame
German: Flusspferd n, Nilpferd n
Greek: ι��ο���αμο� (hippopotamos, ippopotamos)
Hebrew: ��פ�פ���
Hungarian: viziló
Icelandic: flóðhestur m
Italian: ippopotamo m
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Japanese: 河馬 (��, kaba)
Korean: �� (河馬, hama)
Latin: #Latin|hippopotamus
Lithuanian: hipopotamas m, also begemotas m
Macedonian: нил�ки ко� m
Norwegian: flodhest m
Polish: hipopotam m
Portuguese: hipopótamo m
Russian: гиппопо�ам (gippopotám) m, бегемо� (b'eg'emót) m
KiSwahili?: kiboko
Serbian: povodni konj m, nilski konj m
Slovene: povodni konj m, nilski konj m
Somali: jeer
Spanish: hipopótamo
Swedish: flodhäst c
Tamil ந�ரான� (nIrAnai)
Turkish: su aygırı
Welsh: afonfarch, hipopotamws
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Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Latin
Noun
hippopotamus, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin second declension|-ami m
- a hippopotamus
Category:Greek derivations
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