Pronunciation Hip*po-po*-ta-mus IPA: // SAMPA: // HIH-poh-POH-tah-muhs Etymology L & NL hippopotamus fr. Gk. hippopotamos alterhippos potamios riverine horse fr. hippos + potamos Noun hippopotamus (plural: hippopotamuses or hippopotami) Translations Dutch: nijlpaard n French: hippopotame German: Flusspferd n, Nilpferd n Greek: ιπποπόταμος (hippopotamos, ippopotamos) Italian: ippopotamo Latin: hippopotamus KiSwahili: kiboko
Hip*po-po*-ta-mus
L & NL hippopotamus fr. Gk. hippopotamos alterhippos potamios riverine horse fr. hippos + potamos Noun hippopotamus (plural: hippopotamuses or hippopotami) Translations Dutch: nijlpaard n French: hippopotame German: Flusspferd n, Nilpferd n Greek: ιπποπόταμος (hippopotamos, ippopotamos) Italian: ippopotamo Latin: hippopotamus KiSwahili: kiboko
Translations Dutch: nijlpaard n French: hippopotame German: Flusspferd n, Nilpferd n Greek: ιπποπόταμος (hippopotamos, ippopotamos) Italian: ippopotamo Latin: hippopotamus KiSwahili: kiboko
