Zaire
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Truncation of Kongo nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”) which refers to the Congo river; adopted in accordance with the Authenticity Movement.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /zaɪˈɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /zɑːˈɪəɹ/, /ˈzɑːɪɹ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire
- (historical) A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
former name of DR of Congo
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese Zaire.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Zaire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Zaire | — | ||
genitive | Zairen | — | ||
partitive | Zairea | — | ||
illative | Zaireen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Zaire | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Zaire | — | |
gen. | Zairen | |||
genitive | Zairen | — | ||
partitive | Zairea | — | ||
inessive | Zairessa | — | ||
elative | Zairesta | — | ||
illative | Zaireen | — | ||
adessive | Zairella | — | ||
ablative | Zairelta | — | ||
allative | Zairelle | — | ||
essive | Zairena | — | ||
translative | Zaireksi | — | ||
abessive | Zairetta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Zaire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Zai‧re
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaiɾe/ [ˈθai̯.ɾe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaiɾe/ [ˈsai̯.ɾe]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aiɾe
- Syllabification: Zai‧re
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːr
Proper noun[edit]
Zaire ? (genitive Zaires)
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Kongo
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Historical polities
- en:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan terms with historical senses
- ca:Historical polities
- ca:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Finnish terms derived from Portuguese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑire
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑire/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with Z
- Finnish terms with historical senses
- fi:Historical polities
- fi:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ire
- Rhymes:Italian/ire/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian terms with historical senses
- it:Historical polities
- it:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with historical senses
- pt:Historical polities
- pt:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/aiɾe
- Rhymes:Spanish/aiɾe/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with historical senses
- es:Historical polities
- es:Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Rhymes:Swedish/iːr
- Rhymes:Swedish/iːr/2 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with Z
- Swedish terms with historical senses
- sv:Historical polities
- sv:Democratic Republic of the Congo