Meaning

2 senses

  1. A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.

    Flusspferd, Nilpferd

    гиппопота́мgippopotám, бегемо́тbegemót

    гіпопота́мhipopotám, бегемо́тbehemót

  2. The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).

More definitions
  • massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

Examples

50 sentences

  1. I saw a hippopotamus at the zoo.

    Я бачив бегемота в зоопарку. — older

    ruЯ видел в зоопарке бегемота. — marafon

    deIch sah ein Nilpferd im Zoo. — bonny37

    Airvian · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. How many hippopotamuses did you see today?

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. How many hippopotami did you see today?

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. I saw a hippo at the zoo.

    deIch sah ein Nilpferd im Zoo. — bonny37

    hinto4 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Tom told Mary that he thought a hippopotamus could run at a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour.

    ruТом сказал Мэри, что думал, что гиппопотам может бежать со скоростью приблизительно 30 километров в час. — maks

    deTom sagte Maria, er glaube, dass ein Nilpferd eine Laufgeschwindigkeit von 30 km/h erreichen könne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
African mammal:
Русский
By meaning 1
African mammal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
African mammal:

Origin

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). First attested in the 1560s.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: hippopotami / hippopotamuses / hippopotamus

Synonyms

4 synonyms
hippohippopotamidriver horse
Close in meaning
  • massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa:hipporiver horseHippopotamus amphibius

Word family

11 related words
Relatedhypotenusehypothalamushippopotaminepotamic
Derivedcommon hippopotamushippohippopotamichippopotamoidhippopotamuslikepygmy hippopotamuswoolly hippopotamus

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hipB1hippiehippohippyhipsterhipsters

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

hippopotamus — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto