koala

See also: Koala, kòala, kōʻala, and koalą

English

Koala on a branch

Etymology

From Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kō-ä'lə, IPA^(key): /koʊˈɑː.lə/, /kəʊˈɑː.lə/, /ˈkwɑː.lə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəˈwɑː.lə/, /kəʊˈɑː.lə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

koala (plural koalas)

2. A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

   Synonyms: Phascolarctos cinereus, koala bear, (obsolete) native bear, (obsolete) native monkey, carbora

Derived terms

• koala fucker
• koala lemur

Related terms

• drop bear

Translations

a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear

• Albanian: koalë f
• Arabic: كُوَالَا f (kuwalā)
• Armenian: կոալա (hy) (koala), պարկավոր արջ (parkavor arǰ)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܐܵܠܵܐ m (kōˀālā)
• Asturian: coala (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: koala (az)
• Basque: koala (eu)
• Belarusian: каа́ла f (kaála)
• Bengali: কোয়ালা (kōẇala)
• Bulgarian: коа́ла (bg) f (koála)
• Burmese: ကွားလားကောင် (kwa:la:kaung)
• Catalan: coala m
• Cherokee: ᎪᏩᎳ ᏲᎾ (gowala yona)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 樹熊 / 树熊 (syu⁶ hung⁴), 樹袋熊 / 树袋熊 (syu⁶ doi⁶ hung⁴) (formal)

  Hakka: 無尾熊 / 无尾熊 (mò-mî-yùng)

  Hokkien: 無尾熊 / 无尾熊 (zh-min-nan) (bô-bóe-hîm, bô-bé-hîm)

  Mandarin: 樹袋熊 / 树袋熊 (zh) (shùdàixióng), 無尾熊 / 无尾熊 (zh) (wúwěixióng), 考拉 (zh) (kǎolā)

• Czech: koala f, medvídek koala m
• Danish: koala c, koalabjørn c
• Darkinjung: kuluwañ
• Dutch: koala (nl) m, koalabeer (nl) m, koalabeertje (nl) n
• Esperanto: koalo
• Estonian: koaala (et)
• Finnish: pussikarhu (fi), koala (fi)
• French: koala (fr) m
• Gabi: gulla
• Galician: coala m, koala m
• Georgian: კოალა (ḳoala)
• German: Koala (de) m
• Greek: κοάλα (el) n (koála)
• Hebrew: קוֹאָלָה (he) f (koala)
• Hindi: कोआला (koālā)
• Hungarian: koala (hu)
• Icelandic: pokabjörn n
• Ido: koalo (io)
• Indonesian: koala (id)
• Interlingua: koala
• Irish: cóála m
• Italian: koala (it) m
• Japanese: コアラ (ja) (koara), 子守熊 (ja) (こもりぐま, komoriguma), 袋熊 (ja) (ふくろぐま, fukuro-guma),
• Kaurna: kuula
• Kazakh: коала (koala)
• Korean: 코알라 (ko) (koalla)
• Kyrgyz: коала (koala)
• Latvian: koala f
• Lithuanian: koala f
• Malay: koala (ms) m
• Māori: koāra
• Mongolian: коала (koala)
• Navajo: shash bizaʼazis hólóní
• Ngarrindjeri: miluriwatitji
• Norwegian: koala (no) m
• Persian: کوآلا (ko-âlâ)
• Polish: koala (pl) f
• Portuguese: coala (pt) m
• Romanian: koala (ro) f
• Russian: коа́ла (ru) m or f (koála)
• Samoan: koala
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коа̀ла f

  Roman: koàla (sh) f

• Slovak: koala (sk) m
• Slovene: koala (sl) f
• Spanish: koala (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: koala c
• Tagalog: kowala
• Thai: โคอาลา (koo-aa-lâa)
• Turkish: koala (tr)
• Turkmen: koala
• Ukrainian: коа́ла f (koála)
• Urdu: کوآلا ? (koālā)
• Uzbek: koala
• Vietnamese: koala (vi), gấu túi
• Welsh: coala m
• Wiradjuri: barrandhang
• Woiwurrung: gurrborra

See also

• Gundaroo bullock
• koala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phascolarctos cinereus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Kalao, lakao

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Dharug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koala/ [ko.a.la]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ala, -a
• Hyphenation: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala anim

1. koala

Declension

Declension of koala (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	koala	koala	koalak
ergative	koalak	koalak	koalek
dative	koalari	koalari	koalei
genitive	koalaren	koalaren	koalen
comitative	koalarekin	koalarekin	koalekin
causative	koalarengatik	koalarengatik	koalengatik
benefactive	koalarentzat	koalarentzat	koalentzat
instrumental	koalaz	koalaz	koalez
inessive	koalarengan	koalarengan	koalengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	koalarengana	koalarengana	koalengana
terminative	koalarenganaino	koalarenganaino	koalenganaino
directive	koalarenganantz	koalarenganantz	koalenganantz
destinative	koalarenganako	koalarenganako	koalenganako
ablative	koalarengandik	koalarengandik	koalengandik
partitive	koalarik	—	—
prolative	koalatzat	—	—

Further reading

• “koala”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug.

Noun

koala (singular definite ?, plural indefinite koala)

1. koala

   Synonym: koalabjørn

Declension

Declension of koala

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koala	koalaen	koalaer	koalaerne
genitive	koalas	koalaens	koalaers	koalaernes

Dutch

Etymology

From Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala m (plural koala's, diminutive koalaatje n)

1. koala

   Synonym: koalabeer

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala.

Noun

koala

1. koala

Finnish

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɑlɑ/, [ˈko̞ɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oɑlɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): koa‧la

Noun

koala

1. koala

Declension

Inflection of koala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		koala	koalat
genitive		koalan	koalojen
partitive		koalaa	koaloja
illative		koalaan	koaloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		koala	koalat
accusative	nom.	koala	koalat
	gen.	koalan
genitive		koalan	koalojen koalain rare
partitive		koalaa	koaloja
inessive		koalassa	koaloissa
elative		koalasta	koaloista
illative		koalaan	koaloihin
adessive		koalalla	koaloilla
ablative		koalalta	koaloilta
allative		koalalle	koaloille
essive		koalana	koaloina
translative		koalaksi	koaloiksi
abessive		koalatta	koaloitta
instructive		—	koaloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of koala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative koalani koalani accusative nom. koalani koalani gen. koalani genitive koalani koalojeni koalaini rare partitive koalaani koalojani inessive koalassani koaloissani elative koalastani koaloistani illative koalaani koaloihini adessive koalallani koaloillani ablative koalaltani koaloiltani allative koalalleni koaloilleni essive koalanani koaloinani translative koalakseni koaloikseni abessive koalattani koaloittani instructive — — comitative — koaloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative koalasi koalasi accusative nom. koalasi koalasi gen. koalasi genitive koalasi koalojesi koalaisi rare partitive koalaasi koalojasi inessive koalassasi koaloissasi elative koalastasi koaloistasi illative koalaasi koaloihisi adessive koalallasi koaloillasi ablative koalaltasi koaloiltasi allative koalallesi koaloillesi essive koalanasi koaloinasi translative koalaksesi koaloiksesi abessive koalattasi koaloittasi instructive — — comitative — koaloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative koalamme koalamme accusative nom. koalamme koalamme gen. koalamme genitive koalamme koalojemme koalaimme rare partitive koalaamme koalojamme inessive koalassamme koaloissamme elative koalastamme koaloistamme illative koalaamme koaloihimme adessive koalallamme koaloillamme ablative koalaltamme koaloiltamme allative koalallemme koaloillemme essive koalanamme koaloinamme translative koalaksemme koaloiksemme abessive koalattamme koaloittamme instructive — — comitative — koaloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative koalanne koalanne accusative nom. koalanne koalanne gen. koalanne genitive koalanne koalojenne koalainne rare partitive koalaanne koalojanne inessive koalassanne koaloissanne elative koalastanne koaloistanne illative koalaanne koaloihinne adessive koalallanne koaloillanne ablative koalaltanne koaloiltanne allative koalallenne koaloillenne essive koalananne koaloinanne translative koalaksenne koaloiksenne abessive koalattanne koaloittanne instructive — — comitative — koaloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative koalansa koalansa accusative nom. koalansa koalansa gen. koalansa genitive koalansa koalojensa koalainsa rare partitive koalaansa koalojaan koalojansa inessive koalassaan koalassansa koaloissaan koaloissansa elative koalastaan koalastansa koaloistaan koaloistansa illative koalaansa koaloihinsa adessive koalallaan koalallansa koaloillaan koaloillansa ablative koalaltaan koalaltansa koaloiltaan koaloiltansa allative koalalleen koalallensa koaloilleen koaloillensa essive koalanaan koalanansa koaloinaan koaloinansa translative koalakseen koalaksensa koaloikseen koaloiksensa abessive koalattaan koalattansa koaloittaan koaloittansa instructive — — comitative — koaloineen koaloinensa

Inflection of koala (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		koala	koalat
genitive		koalan	koaloiden koaloitten koalojen
partitive		koalaa	koaloita koaloja
illative		koalaan	koaloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		koala	koalat
accusative	nom.	koala	koalat
	gen.	koalan
genitive		koalan	koaloiden koaloitten koalojen koalain rare
partitive		koalaa	koaloita koaloja
inessive		koalassa	koaloissa
elative		koalasta	koaloista
illative		koalaan	koaloihin
adessive		koalalla	koaloilla
ablative		koalalta	koaloilta
allative		koalalle	koaloille
essive		koalana	koaloina
translative		koalaksi	koaloiksi
abessive		koalatta	koaloitta
instructive		—	koaloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of koala (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative koalani koalani accusative nom. koalani koalani gen. koalani genitive koalani koaloideni koaloitteni koalojeni koalaini rare partitive koalaani koaloitani koalojani inessive koalassani koaloissani elative koalastani koaloistani illative koalaani koaloihini adessive koalallani koaloillani ablative koalaltani koaloiltani allative koalalleni koaloilleni essive koalanani koaloinani translative koalakseni koaloikseni abessive koalattani koaloittani instructive — — comitative — koaloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative koalasi koalasi accusative nom. koalasi koalasi gen. koalasi genitive koalasi koaloidesi koaloittesi koalojesi koalaisi rare partitive koalaasi koaloitasi koalojasi inessive koalassasi koaloissasi elative koalastasi koaloistasi illative koalaasi koaloihisi adessive koalallasi koaloillasi ablative koalaltasi koaloiltasi allative koalallesi koaloillesi essive koalanasi koaloinasi translative koalaksesi koaloiksesi abessive koalattasi koaloittasi instructive — — comitative — koaloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative koalamme koalamme accusative nom. koalamme koalamme gen. koalamme genitive koalamme koaloidemme koaloittemme koalojemme koalaimme rare partitive koalaamme koaloitamme koalojamme inessive koalassamme koaloissamme elative koalastamme koaloistamme illative koalaamme koaloihimme adessive koalallamme koaloillamme ablative koalaltamme koaloiltamme allative koalallemme koaloillemme essive koalanamme koaloinamme translative koalaksemme koaloiksemme abessive koalattamme koaloittamme instructive — — comitative — koaloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative koalanne koalanne accusative nom. koalanne koalanne gen. koalanne genitive koalanne koaloidenne koaloittenne koalojenne koalainne rare partitive koalaanne koaloitanne koalojanne inessive koalassanne koaloissanne elative koalastanne koaloistanne illative koalaanne koaloihinne adessive koalallanne koaloillanne ablative koalaltanne koaloiltanne allative koalallenne koaloillenne essive koalananne koaloinanne translative koalaksenne koaloiksenne abessive koalattanne koaloittanne instructive — — comitative — koaloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative koalansa koalansa accusative nom. koalansa koalansa gen. koalansa genitive koalansa koaloidensa koaloittensa koalojensa koalainsa rare partitive koalaansa koaloitaan koalojaan koaloitansa koalojansa inessive koalassaan koalassansa koaloissaan koaloissansa elative koalastaan koalastansa koaloistaan koaloistansa illative koalaansa koaloihinsa adessive koalallaan koalallansa koaloillaan koaloillansa ablative koalaltaan koalaltansa koaloiltaan koaloiltansa allative koalalleen koalallensa koaloilleen koaloillensa essive koalanaan koalanansa koaloinaan koaloinansa translative koalakseen koalaksensa koaloikseen koaloiksensa abessive koalattaan koalattansa koaloittaan koaloittansa instructive — — comitative — koaloineen koaloinensa

Further reading

• “koala”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• kolaa, lakoa, lokaa, olkaa

French

Etymology

English koala, from Dharug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.a.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

koala m (plural koalas)

1. koala

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

koala m (plural koalas)

1. koala

Hungarian

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoɒlɒ]
• Rhymes: -ɒlɒ
• Hyphenation: ko‧a‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

koala (plural koalák)

1. koala

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	koala	koalák
accusative	koalát	koalákat
dative	koalának	koaláknak
instrumental	koalával	koalákkal
causal-final	koaláért	koalákért
translative	koalává	koalákká
terminative	koaláig	koalákig
essive-formal	koalaként	koalákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	koalában	koalákban
superessive	koalán	koalákon
adessive	koalánál	koaláknál
illative	koalába	koalákba
sublative	koalára	koalákra
allative	koalához	koalákhoz
elative	koalából	koalákból
delative	koaláról	koalákról
ablative	koalától	koaláktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	koaláé	koaláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	koaláéi	koalákéi

Possessive forms of koala

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	koalám	koaláim
2nd person sing.	koalád	koaláid
3rd person sing.	koalája	koalái
1st person plural	koalánk	koaláink
2nd person plural	koalátok	koaláitok
3rd person plural	koalájuk	koaláik

Indonesian

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈala]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ala

Noun

koala (plural koala-koala)

1. koala: a tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

Further reading

• “koala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

koala

1. koala

Italian

Un Koala - A koala

Alternative forms

• coala

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈa.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: ko‧à‧la

Noun

koala m (invariable)

1. koala

Further reading

• koala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• koala in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• koala in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• koàla in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• koàla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Marshallese

Noun

koala

1. koala

Polish

koala

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈa.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala f

1. koala

Declension

Declension of koala

	singular	plural
nominative	koala	koale
genitive	koali	koali
dative	koali	koalom
accusative	koalę	koale
instrumental	koalą	koalami
locative	koali	koalach
vocative	koalo	koale

Descendants

• → Kashubian: kòala

Further reading

• koala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• koala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French koala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈa.la/

Noun

koala m or f (plural koala)

1. koala

   Synonym: urs koala

Declension

• Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.

Declension of koala

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	koala	koalaul		koala	—
genitive-dative	koala	koalaului		koala	—
vocative	koala			—

Spanish

Alternative forms

• coala

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈala/ [koˈa.la]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ko‧a‧la

Noun

koala m (plural koalas)

1. koala

Further reading

• “koala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

koala class IX (plural koala class X)

1. koala

Swedish

Noun

koala c

1. koala

   Synonyms: koalabjörn, (uncommon) pungbjörn

Declension

Declension of koala

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	koala	koalas
	definite	koalan	koalans
plural	indefinite	koalor	koalors
	definite	koalorna	koalornas

References

• koala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• koala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English koala.

Noun

koala

1. bandicoot

Turkish

Etymology

From English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

koala (definite accusative koalayı, plural koalalar)

1. koala

Declension

Declension of koala

singular plural nominative koala koalalar definite accusative koalayı koalaları dative koalaya koalalara locative koalada koalalarda ablative koaladan koalalardan genitive koalanın koalaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular koalam koalalarım 2nd singular koalan koalaların 3rd singular koalası koalaları 1st plural koalamız koalalarımız 2nd plural koalanız koalalarınız 3rd plural koalaları koalaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular koalamı koalalarımı 2nd singular koalanı koalalarını 3rd singular koalasını koalalarını 1st plural koalamızı koalalarımızı 2nd plural koalanızı koalalarınızı 3rd plural koalalarını koalalarını dative singular plural 1st singular koalama koalalarıma 2nd singular koalana koalalarına 3rd singular koalasına koalalarına 1st plural koalamıza koalalarımıza 2nd plural koalanıza koalalarınıza 3rd plural koalalarına koalalarına locative singular plural 1st singular koalamda koalalarımda 2nd singular koalanda koalalarında 3rd singular koalasında koalalarında 1st plural koalamızda koalalarımızda 2nd plural koalanızda koalalarınızda 3rd plural koalalarında koalalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular koalamdan koalalarımdan 2nd singular koalandan koalalarından 3rd singular koalasından koalalarından 1st plural koalamızdan koalalarımızdan 2nd plural koalanızdan koalalarınızdan 3rd plural koalalarından koalalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular koalamın koalalarımın 2nd singular koalanın koalalarının 3rd singular koalasının koalalarının 1st plural koalamızın koalalarımızın 2nd plural koalanızın koalalarınızın 3rd plural koalalarının koalalarının

Synonyms

• keseli ayı (“marsupial bear”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ko˧˧ ʔaː˧˧ laː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧ ʔaː˧˧ laː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧ ʔaː˧˧ laː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: cô a la

Noun

koala

1. koala

   Synonyms: gấu túi, gấu túi koala