Zouave

See also: zouave

English

Etymology

From 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)

1. (military, historical) One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
2. (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