tsetse

See also: tsêtsê, tse-tse, and tsé-tsé

English

Head of a tsetse.

Alternative forms

tzetze, tsetze

Etymology

Borrowed from Tswana tsêtsê.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /tsitsi/, /sitsi/, /titsi/
(UK) IPA^(key): /tsɛtsi/, /sɛtsi/, /tɛtsi/

Noun

tsetse (plural tsetses or tsetse)

Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes.

Usage notes

Particularly in North American English, this insect is most commonly referred to as a "tsetse fly."

Translations

fly of the genus Glossina

Albanian: cece (sq)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 采采蠅 (zh), 采采蝇 (zh) (cǎicǎiyíng)
Finnish: tsetsekärpänen (fi)
French: tsé-tsé (fr) f, mouche tsé-tsé (fr) f
Galician: tse-tse f
German: Tsetsefliege (de) f
Hungarian: cecelégy (hu)

Irish: seitse f, cuil seitse f
Japanese: ツェツェバエ (tsetsebae)
Korean: 체체파리 (chechepari)
Malay: lalat tsetse
Portuguese: tsé-tsé m or f
Russian: цеце́ (ru) f (cecé), му́ха цеце́ f (múxa cecé)
Swahili: chafuo (sw)
Turkish: çeçe (tr)

See also

tsetse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Glossina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

sestet, teests, testes

Tswana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛ.tsɛ/

Noun

tsêtsê class 9 (plural ditsetse)

tsetse fly

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