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Meaning of Hippopotamus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs

Definitions

  1. A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.
  2. The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Equivalents

Afrikaans seekoei
አማርኛ ጉማሬ
Беларуская бегемот гіпапата́м
বাংলা জলহস্তী
བོད་སྐད ཆུ་རྟ
Català hipopòtam
Čeština hroch hroší
Dansk flodhest
Ελληνικά ιπποπόταμος
Esperanto hipopotamo
Español hipopótamo
Eesti jõehobu
Euskara hipopotamo
فارسی اسب آبی
Suomi virtahepo
Gaeilge dobhareach
Gàidhlig each-aibhne
Galego hipopótamo
Hausa dorina
Magyar víziló
Հայերեն բեգեմոտ գետաձի
Bahasa Indonesia badak air kuda nil
Íslenska flóðhestur
Italiano ippopotamo
日本語 カバ 河馬
Қазақша бегемот сусиыр
ខ្មែរ ដំរីទឹក
한국어 하마
Latina hippopotamus
Lingála ngubú
Lietuvių hipopotamas
Македонски нилски коњ
മലയാളം നീർക്കുതിര
Bahasa Melayu badak air
Malti ippopotamu
မြန်မာဘာသာ ရေမြင်း
Nederlands nijlpaard
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਰਿਆਈ ਘੋੜਾ
Polski hipcio hipek hipopotam hipopotami
Português hipopótamo
Română hipopotam
Ikinyarwanda imvubu
Slovenčina hroch
Slovenščina povodni konj
Soomaali jeer
Sesotho kubu
Svenska flodhäst
Kiswahili kiboko
ትግርኛ ጉማረ
Tagalog ipopotamo
Setswana kubu
ئۇيغۇرچە بېگېموت
Українська бегемот гіпопота́м
Tiếng Việt hà mã lợn nước
IsiXhosa imvubu
IsiZulu imvubu

Examples

“These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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