zulu
Portuguese, noun/ˈzu.lu/
zulu is spelled Z-U-L-U (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zulu is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Zulu (individual member of the Zulu people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua bantu falada na África do Sul”.
What does zulu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineZulu (individual member of the Zulu people)
- 2
femininemasculineZulu (the Bantu language of the Zulu)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineZulu (pertaining to the Zulu people or culture)
- 2
femininemasculineZulu (pertaining to the Zulu language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pertencente ou relativo ao povo zulu, povo africano de origem bantu que habita sobretudo os países da África meridional
noun: 1. língua bantu falada na África do Sul
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 zulu
- zulus plural
- zulo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zulu?
- Brazil /ˈzu.lu/
- Portugal /ˈzu.lu/
- /zu.ˈlu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zulu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zulu in Portuguese?
zulu appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).