Zouave

See also: zouave

English

Etymology

French, from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy), used to refer to a Kabyle soldier, especially of the Igawawen people.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /zuːˈɑːv/, /zwɑːv/
(US) IPA^(key): /zuˈɑv/, /zwɑv/, enPR: zo͞o-ävʹ, zwäv
Rhymes: -ɑːv
Hyphenation: Zou‧ave

Noun

Zouave (plural Zouaves)

(military, historical) One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
(military, historical, by extension) One of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves in French service, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War (1861–65).

Translations

a Kabyle or French soldier in Kabyle dress

Arabic: الزواف
Catalan: zuau (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祖阿夫 (Zǔ'āfū)
Czech: zuáv m
Dutch: zoeaaf (nl) m
Esperanto: zuavo (eo)
French: zouave (fr) m
German: Zuave (de) m
Greek: ζουάβος (el) m (zouávos)
Hungarian: zuáv
Ido: zuavo (io)
Italian: zuavo (it) m
Japanese: ズアーブ兵 (Zuābu-hei)
Kabyle: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 주아브병 (Juabeu-byeong)
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} സുവേവ് (ml) (suvēvŭ)
Polish: żuaw (pl) m
Romanian: zuav (ro) m
Russian: зуа́в (ru) m (zuáv)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зу̏ав m

Roman: zȕav (sh) m
Spanish: zuavo (es) m

See also

Zouave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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