wombat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑmˌbæt/
  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɒm.bæt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbæt, -ɒmbæt

Noun

wombat (plural wombats)

  1. Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
  2. (Australia, slang) A slow and stupid person; a dullard.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɔm.bɑt/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats, diminutive wombatje n)

  1. wombat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English wombat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɔ̃.bat/, /vɔ̃.bat/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats)

  1. wombat
    Synonym: (dated) phascolome

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From English wombat, from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [wɔmbat̚]

Noun

wombat (first-person possessive wombatku, second-person possessive wombatmu, third-person possessive wombatnya)

  1. wombat

Interlingua

Noun

wombat

  1. wombat

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wombat, from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔm.bat/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmbat
  • Syllabification: wom‧bat

Noun

wombat m animal

  1. wombat

Declension
Declension of wombat
singular plural
nominative wombat wombaty
genitive wombata wombatów
dative wombatowi wombatom
accusative wombata wombaty
instrumental wombatem wombatami
locative wombacie wombatach
vocative wombacie wombaty

Derived terms
noun
  • wombatowate

Further reading
  • wombat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈõ.ba.t͡ʃi/ [ʊˈõ.ba.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwõ.ba.t͡ʃi/, /uˈõ.bat͡ʃ/ [ʊˈõ.bat͡ʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwõ.bat͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈõ.bat͡ʃ/ [ʊˈõ.bat͡ʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwõ.bat͡ʃ/, /uˈõ.ba.t͡ʃi/ [ʊˈõ.ba.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwõ.ba.t͡ʃi/

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats)

  1. Alternative form of vombate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wombat.

Noun

wombat m (plural wombați)

  1. wombat

Declension
Declension of wombat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) wombat wombatul (niște) wombați wombații
genitive/dative (unui) wombat wombatului (unor) wombați wombaților
vocative wombatule wombaților
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