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hippo
(hɪpoʊ)
Word forms: plural hippos
countable noun
A hippo is a hippopotamus.
[informal]hippo in British English
(ˈhɪpəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -pos informal
1. short for hippopotamus
2. South Africa
an armoured police car
Hippo in American English
(ˈhɪpoʊ)
Hippo Regius
hippo in American English
(ˈhɪpoʊ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈhippos
Informal
hippopotamus
hippo- in American English
(ˈhɪpoʊ; ˈhɪpə)
horse
hippodrome
Word origin
< Gr hippos, a horse < IE *ewos > L equus, OE eoh, ON iōrhippo- in American English
prefix
a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “horse” (hippodrome); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (hippology)
Also (esp before a vowel): hipp-Word origin
[‹ Gk: comb. form of híppos; c. L equus, OIr ech, OE eoh, Skt aśvas, Lith ašvà]Image ofhippo
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Examples of 'hippo' in a sentencehippo
In other languageshippo
British English: hippo /ˈhɪpəʊ/ NOUN
A hippo is a hippopotamus.
- American English: hippo
- Arabic: فَرَسُ النَّهْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: hipopótamo
- Chinese: 河马
- Croatian: nilski konj
- Czech: hroch
- Danish: flodhest
- Dutch: nijlpaard
- European Spanish: hipopótamo
- Finnish: virtahepo
- French: hippopotame
- German: Nilpferd
- Greek: ιπποπόταμος
- Italian: ippopotamo
- Japanese: カバ
- Korean: 하마
- Norwegian: flodhest
- Polish: hipopotam
- European Portuguese: hipopótamo
- Romanian: hipopotam
- Russian: бегемот
- Latin American Spanish: hipopótamo
- Swedish: flodhäst
- Thai: ฮิปโป
- Turkish: hipopotam
- Ukrainian: бегемот
- Vietnamese: con hà mã
Chinese translation of 'hippo'
hippo
(ˈhɪpəu) (inf)
n (c)
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河马(馬)
(hémǎ) (头, tóu)