Meanings
zulu1
- international standardsAlternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Zulu2
plural Zulus · alternative Zooloo · alternative Zoolu
- countableuncountableA member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
- UKcountabledatedethnicslangsluruncountableAny black person.
alternative Zooloo · alternative Zoolu
- The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.
2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 20221 more example
The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.
2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars TechnicaSynonyms: isiZulu
alternative Zooloo · alternative Zoolu
- not comparablePertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.
2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Zuluumu-
- Proto-Bantu*ʊ́-
- Zuluú-
- Proto-Bantu*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
- Zuluī́zulu
- ZuluúZulu
- ZuluuḿZulu
- EnglishZulu
Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.
More words from Zulu
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Zoeloe, Zoeloe
- ZoeloeZulu people (plural)
- Zoeloemember of the Zulu people
- Zoeloelanguage
Bulgarian зулуси, зулуски
- зулуси (zulusi)Zulu people (plural)
- зулуски (zuluski)language
Catalan zulu, zulu
- zuluZulu people (plural)
- zulumember of the Zulu people
- zululanguage
- zulupertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Chinese Mandarin 祖魯族人 /祖鲁族人, 祖鲁人
- 祖魯族人 /祖鲁族人 (Zǔlǔ zúrén)Zulu people (plural)
- 祖鲁人 (zǔlǔrén)Zulu people (plural)
- 祖魯語 /祖鲁语 (Zǔlǔyǔ)language
Danish Zulu
- ZuluZulu people (plural)
Dutch Zoeloes, Zoeloe
- ZoeloesZulu people (plural)
- Zoeloemember of the Zulu people
- Zoeloelanguage
- Zoeloepertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Estonian suulu, suulu
- suululanguage
- suulupertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Finnish zulut, UTC
- zulutZulu people (plural)
- UTCZulu time
- zulumember of the Zulu people
- zululanguage
French Zoulous, Zoulou
- ZoulousZulu people (plural)
- Zouloumember of the Zulu people
- Zoulouemember of the Zulu people
- zouloulanguage
- zouloupertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
German Zulu, Zulus
- ZuluZulu people (plural)
- ZulusZulu people (plural)
- Zulumember of the Zulu people
- Zululanguage
- Zulusprachelanguage
- Zuluischlanguage
- isiZululanguage
- Zulu-pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
- zulu-pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
- zuluischpertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Greek Ζουλού, Ζουλού
- Ζουλού (Zouloú)member of the Zulu people
- Ζουλού (Zouloú)pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Icelandic súlú
- súlúlanguage
Italian zulù, zulù
- zulùZulu people (plural)
- zulùmember of the Zulu people
- zulùlanguage
- zulùpertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Japanese ズールー族, ズールー人
- ズールー族 (zūrū-zoku)Zulu people (plural)
- ズールー人 (zūrū-jin)member of the Zulu people
- ズールー語 (zūrū-go)language
Polish Zulusi, Zulu
- ZulusiZulu people (plural)
- ZuluZulu time
- Zulusmember of the Zulu people
- Zuluskamember of the Zulu people
- zululanguage
- zuluskipertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Portuguese zulu, zulu
- zuluZulu people (plural)
- zulumember of the Zulu people
- zululanguage
- zulupertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Russian зулу́с, зу́лу
- зулу́с (zulús)member of the Zulu people
- зу́лу (zúlu)language
- зулу́сский (zulússkij)language
- зулу́сский (zulússkij)pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Spanish zulú
- zulúpertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Swahili Mzulu, Kizulu
- Mzulumember of the Zulu people
- Kizululanguage
- Kizulupertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Swedish zulu
- zululanguage
Turkish Zuluca
- Zulucapertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
Yiddish זולו, זולו
- זולו (zulu)member of the Zulu people
- זולו (zulu)language
Zulu amaZulu, umZulu class 1/6
- amaZuluZulu people (plural)
- umZulu class 1/6member of the Zulu people
- isiZululanguage
Cite this entry
zulu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zulu
“zulu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zulu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zulu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zulu.
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