babiroussa

English

Alternative forms

• babirusa, babirussa
• babyroussa

Etymology

From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).

Noun

babiroussa (plural babiroussas)

1. Any large hoglike quadruped, of the genus Babyrousa, found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated, with its upper canine teeth or tusks large and recurved.

   Synonym: Indian hog

Translations

hoglike quadruped

• Catalan: babirussa f
• French: babiroussa (fr) m
• Italian: babirussa (it) m
• Korean: 바비루사 (babirusa)
• Malay: babi rusa, kalowatan
• Portuguese: babirusa m, babirussa (pt) m
• Romanian: babirusă f, babirusa (ro) f
• Russian: бабиру́сса (ru) f (babirússa)

Anagrams

• babirousas

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bi.ʁu.sa/

Noun

babiroussa m (plural babiroussas)

1. babiroussa

Further reading

• “babiroussa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.