zoo-

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

• Traditional pronunciation:
  • enPR: zō'ə, zō'ō
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.ə/, /ˈzəʊ.əʊ/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.ə/, /ˈzoʊ.oʊ/
• Alternative pronunciation by analogy with zoo:
  • enPR: zo͞o, zo͞o'ə, zo͞o'ŏ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈzuː/, /ˈzuː.ə/, /ˈzuː.ɒ/

zoo-

1. animal

• Before a vowel, might contract to zo-.

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsoː/, [ˈts̠o̞ː]

zoo-

1. (in loanwords) zoo-

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.o/, /zɔ.ɔ/

zoo-

1. zoo-

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˌd͡zɔ.o/
• Hyphenation: zò‧o-

zoo-

1. zoo-

Derived from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon).

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.ɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɔ
• Syllabification: zo‧o-

zoo-

1. zoo-

   ‎zoo- + ‎-cyd → ‎zoocyd

• “zoo-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). Doublet of bio-.

zoo-

1. zoo-

• “zoo-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “zoo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῷο- (zōîo-), combining form of ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

zoo-

1. zoo-

• “zoo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025