zombi

English

Noun

zombi (plural zombis)

  1. Alternative form of zombie
    • 2010, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, page 186:
      The spirit zombi, or the zombi of the ti bon ange alone, is carefully stored in a jar and may later be magically transmuted into insects, animals, or humans in order to accomplish the particular work of the bokor.

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

zombi m or f (plural zombis)

  1. zombie

Cornish

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈzɔmbi]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈzɔmbi]

Noun

zombi m (plural zombis)

  1. zombie

References
  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF), 2018, published 2018, page 194

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to English zombie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsomb̥i/

Noun

zombi (genitive zombi, partitive zombit)

  1. zombie

Declension
Inflection of zombi (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative zombi zombid
accusative zombi zombid
genitive zombi zombide
partitive zombit zombisid
illative zombi
zombisse		 zombidesse
inessive zombis zombides
elative zombist zombidest
allative zombile zombidele
adessive zombil zombidel
ablative zombilt zombidelt
translative zombiks zombideks
terminative zombini zombideni
essive zombina zombidena
abessive zombita zombideta
comitative zombiga zombidega

Finnish

Etymology

From English zombie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsombi/, [ˈts̠o̞mbi]
  • IPA(key): /ˈzombi/, [ˈzo̞mbi]
  • Rhymes: -ombi
  • Syllabification(key): zom‧bi

Noun

zombi

  1. zombie

Declension
Inflection of zombi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative zombi zombit
genitive zombin zombien
partitive zombia zombeja
illative zombiin zombeihin
singular plural
nominative zombi zombit
accusative nom. zombi zombit
gen. zombin
genitive zombin zombien
partitive zombia zombeja
inessive zombissa zombeissa
elative zombista zombeista
illative zombiin zombeihin
adessive zombilla zombeilla
ablative zombilta zombeilta
allative zombille zombeille
essive zombina zombeina
translative zombiksi zombeiksi
instructive — zombein
abessive zombitta zombeitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of zombi (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative zombini zombini
accusative nom. zombini zombini
gen. zombini
genitive zombini zombieni
partitive zombiani zombejani
inessive zombissani zombeissani
elative zombistani zombeistani
illative zombiini zombeihini
adessive zombillani zombeillani
ablative zombiltani zombeiltani
allative zombilleni zombeilleni
essive zombinani zombeinani
translative zombikseni zombeikseni
instructive — —
abessive zombittani zombeittani
comitative — zombeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative zombisi zombisi
accusative nom. zombisi zombisi
gen. zombisi
genitive zombisi zombiesi
partitive zombiasi zombejasi
inessive zombissasi zombeissasi
elative zombistasi zombeistasi
illative zombiisi zombeihisi
adessive zombillasi zombeillasi
ablative zombiltasi zombeiltasi
allative zombillesi zombeillesi
essive zombinasi zombeinasi
translative zombiksesi zombeiksesi
instructive — —
abessive zombittasi zombeittasi
comitative — zombeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative zombimme zombimme
accusative nom. zombimme zombimme
gen. zombimme
genitive zombimme zombiemme
partitive zombiamme zombejamme
inessive zombissamme zombeissamme
elative zombistamme zombeistamme
illative zombiimme zombeihimme
adessive zombillamme zombeillamme
ablative zombiltamme zombeiltamme
allative zombillemme zombeillemme
essive zombinamme zombeinamme
translative zombiksemme zombeiksemme
instructive — —
abessive zombittamme zombeittamme
comitative — zombeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative zombinne zombinne
accusative nom. zombinne zombinne
gen. zombinne
genitive zombinne zombienne
partitive zombianne zombejanne
inessive zombissanne zombeissanne
elative zombistanne zombeistanne
illative zombiinne zombeihinne
adessive zombillanne zombeillanne
ablative zombiltanne zombeiltanne
allative zombillenne zombeillenne
essive zombinanne zombeinanne
translative zombiksenne zombeiksenne
instructive — —
abessive zombittanne zombeittanne
comitative — zombeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative zombinsa zombinsa
accusative nom. zombinsa zombinsa
gen. zombinsa
genitive zombinsa zombiensa
partitive zombiaan
zombiansa		 zombejaan
zombejansa
inessive zombissaan
zombissansa		 zombeissaan
zombeissansa
elative zombistaan
zombistansa		 zombeistaan
zombeistansa
illative zombiinsa zombeihinsa
adessive zombillaan
zombillansa		 zombeillaan
zombeillansa
ablative zombiltaan
zombiltansa		 zombeiltaan
zombeiltansa
allative zombilleen
zombillensa		 zombeilleen
zombeillensa
essive zombinaan
zombinansa		 zombeinaan
zombeinansa
translative zombikseen
zombiksensa		 zombeikseen
zombeiksensa
instructive — —
abessive zombittaan
zombittansa		 zombeittaan
zombeittansa
comitative — zombeineen
zombeinensa

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested 1832, but the 1765 Encyclopédie (t. 11, p. 82a, s.v. nègre) already has zambys «dieux esprits des tribus africaines». From Haitian Creole zonbi, from a Bantu language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zɔ̃.bi/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

zombi m (plural zombis, feminine zombie)

  1. zombie (undead person)

Adjective

zombi (feminine zombie, masculine plural zombis, feminine plural zombies)

  1. zombie

Synonyms

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzombi]
  • Hyphenation: zom‧bi
  • Rhymes: -bi

Noun

zombi (plural zombik)

  1. zombie

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative zombi zombik
accusative zombit zombikat
dative zombinak zombiknak
instrumental zombival zombikkal
causal-final zombiért zombikért
translative zombivá zombikká
terminative zombiig zombikig
essive-formal zombiként zombikként
essive-modal — —
inessive zombiban zombikban
superessive zombin zombikon
adessive zombinál zombiknál
illative zombiba zombikba
sublative zombira zombikra
allative zombihoz zombikhoz
elative zombiból zombikból
delative zombiról zombikról
ablative zombitól zombiktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 zombié zombiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 zombiéi zombikéi
Possessive forms of zombi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. zombim zombijaim
2nd person sing. zombid zombijaid
3rd person sing. zombija zombijai
1st person plural zombink zombijaink
2nd person plural zombitok zombijaitok
3rd person plural zombijuk zombijaik

Derived terms

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zom.bi/
  • Rhymes: -ombi
  • Hyphenation: zóm‧bi

Noun

zombi m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. zombie

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔm.bi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmbi
  • Syllabification: zom‧bi

Noun

zombi m anim (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative spelling of zombie

Further reading
  • zombi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zombi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian
Zombi

Etymology

Borrowed from French zombi.

Noun

zombi m (plural zombi)

  1. zombie (the undead)

Declension
Declension of zombi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) zombi zombiul (niște) zombi zombii
genitive/dative (unui) zombi zombiului (unor) zombi zombilor
vocative zombiule zombilor

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from a Bantu language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzombi]

Noun

zombi m anim (genitive singular zombiho, nominative plural zombiovia, genitive plural zombiov, declension pattern of kuli)

  1. zombie
    Synonyms: zombia f, zombie m

Declension
Declension of zombi
singular plural
nominative zombi zombiovia
genitive zombiho zombiov
dative zombimu zombiom
accusative zombiho zombiov
locative zombim zombioch
instrumental zombim zombiami

References
  • zombi in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From English zombie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθombi/ [ˈθõm.bi]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsombi/ [ˈsõm.bi]
  • Rhymes: -ombi
  • Syllabification: zom‧bi

Noun

zombi m or f (plural zombis or zombies)

  1. zombie

Alternative forms

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English zombie.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

zombi (n class, plural zombi)

  1. zombie

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzom.bi]
  • Hyphenation: zom‧bi

Noun

zombi (definite accusative zombiyi, plural zombiler)

  1. zombie

Declension
Inflection
Nominative zombi
Definite accusative zombiyi
Singular Plural
Nominative zombi zombiler
Definite accusative zombiyi zombileri
Dative zombiye zombilere
Locative zombide zombilerde
Ablative zombiden zombilerden
Genitive zombinin zombilerin
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