tsetse

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

English

Head of a tsetse.

Alternative forms

• tsetze, tzetse, tzetze

Etymology

Borrowed from Tswana tsêtsê (“fly”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

tsetse (plural tsetses or tsetse)

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

   Synonym: tsetse fly

   • 1999, Stephen G. A. Leak, Tsetse Biology and Ecology: Their Role in the Epidemiology and Control of Trypanosomosis, CABI Publishing, page 7:

     Species of Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse cause diseases of economic importance in humans and domestic animals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Usage notes

• Particularly in North American English, this insect is most commonly referred to as a "tsetse fly." Note: This is also the most common usage in Zimbabwe.

Translations

fly of the genus Glossina

• Albanian: cece (sq)
• Bulgarian: муха цеце f (muha cece)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 采采蠅 (zh) (cǎicǎiyíng)

• Esperanto: ceceo
• 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
• Polish: mucha tse-tse f, tse-tse (pl) f
• Portuguese: tsé-tsé m or f
• Russian: цеце́ (ru) f (cecé), му́ха цеце́ f (múxa cecé)
• Swahili: chafuo (sw), mbung'o (sw), ndorobo
• Turkish: çeçe (tr)
• Yoruba: urù, irù

See also

• tsetse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Glossina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• sestet, teests, testes

Aromanian

Noun

tsetse f (plural tsetsi, definite singular tsetsa, definite plural tsetsili or tsetsãli)

1. Alternative form of tsãtsã

Derived terms

• tsetsos / tsetsose

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛ.tsɛ/

Noun

tsêtsê class 9 (plural ditsetse)

1. tsetse fly