zannimo

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French animaux (“animals”), from Latin animal. In French, the plural form animaux is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, animaux was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zãnimo/

Noun

zannimo

1. animal

Synonyms

• animal