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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
zoo + keeper
Pronunciation
Noun
zookeeper (plural zookeepers)
- A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
Translations
person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals
- French: gardien de zoo (fr) m, gardienne de zoo (fr) f
- German: Tierpfleger (de) m, Tierpflegerin (de) f, Tierwärter m
- Icelandic: dýragarðsvörður m
- Italian: guardiano dello zoo m, custode dello zoo m
- Japanese: 飼育員 (ja) (しいくいん, shiikuin)
- Polish: opiekun zwierząt w zoo m, opiekunka zwierząt w zoo f
- Portuguese: guardião de zoológico m, tratador de zoológico m, cuidador de zoológico m
- Russian: рабо́тник зоопа́рка m (rabótnik zoopárka), рабо́тница зоопа́рка f (rabótnica zoopárka), служи́тель зоопа́рка m (služítelʹ zoopárka), служи́тельница зоопа́рка f (služítelʹnica zoopárka),
- Spanish: guardián de zoológico
- Swahili: mtunza wanyama
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