Zaire
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editTruncation 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
editZaire
- (historical) A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Related terms
editTranslations
editformer name of DR of Congo
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Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editZaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese Zaire.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editZaire
- (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
editItalian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editZaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Zaire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Zai‧re
Proper noun
editZaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaiɾe/ [ˈθai̯.ɾe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsaiɾe/ [ˈsai̯.ɾe]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aiɾe
- Syllabification: Zai‧re
Proper noun
editZaire m
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms
editSwedish
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -iːr
Proper noun
editZaire ? (genitive Zaires)
- (historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Kongo
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- 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 pronunciation
- 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