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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
zou
- singular past indicative of zullen
French
Pronunciation
Interjection
zou
- shoo
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German zuo, from Old High German zuo, from Proto-Germanic *tō.
All monosyllabic function words in -éi, -ou (déi, méi, wéi, sou, wou, zwou) have an unstressed pronunciation in , . These are normally not reflected in the spelling. The forms zou (adverb) and zu (preposition) are an exception, probably because of the contractions zum, zur, and the corresponding German zu.
Pronunciation
Adverb
zou
- adverbial form of the preposition zu (“in, at”)
- closed, shut
Derived terms
Mandarin
Romanization
zou
- Nonstandard spelling of zōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of zǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of zòu.
- Nonstandard spelling of zóu.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.