zebu
Portuguese, noun/zeˈbu/
zebu is spelled Z-E-B-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zebu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zebu (Bos taurus indicus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar do Bos indicus, gado bovino originário da Índia que se diferencia dos bovinos europeus…”.
What does zebu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezebu (Bos taurus indicus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar do Bos indicus, gado bovino originário da Índia que se diferencia dos bovinos europeus principalmente pela presença de uma corcova ou cupim sobre o dorso; também chamado de boi de giba; inclui as raças nelore, gir, guzerá, tabapuã, sindi, cangaiã e indubrasil 2. o mesmo que zebo e gebo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zebu
- zebus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zebu?
- Brazil /zeˈbu/
- Portugal /zɨˈbu/
- Portugal [zɨˈβu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zebu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zebu in Portuguese?
zebu appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).