hippopotamus

== English == === Alternative forms === hippopotamos (archaic) hippotamus (misspelling, otherwise obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). Displaced nicker, from Old English nicor. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs/, [ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.ɾə.məs] (Philippines) IPA(key): /hɪ.poˈpo.ta.mʊs/, /hɪ.po.poˈta.mʊs/ (Ghana) IPA(key): /ˌhi.po̞.po̞ˈte̞ː.mo̞s/ (Nigeria) IPA(key): /ˌhi.poˈpo.te.mɔs/ Hyphenation: hip‧po‧po‧ta‧mus === Noun === hippopotamus (plural hippopotami or hippopotamuses or hippopotamus) A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae. Synonyms: hippo, hippopotamid, river horse The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪp.pɔˈpɔ.ta.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ip.poˈpɔː.ta.mus] === Noun === hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension a hippopotamus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “hippopotamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hippopotamus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.