Gnu in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Gnu

You can make 6 words from 'gnu' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'gnu'
• 2 letters words from 'gnu'

3 letters words from 'gnu'

GNU 4

GUN 4

2 letters words from 'gnu'

GU 3	NU 2
UG 3	UN 2

Definitions and meaning of gnu

gnu

Etymology

Taken from Nama, likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nuː/, /njuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: new, nu, knew

In the UK, "gnu" is pronounced nearly ubiquitously as /ɡəˈnuː/ due to the cultural impact of the 1957 Flanders and Swann song The Gnu.

Noun

gnu (plural gnus or gnu)

1. A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa having curved horns.

Synonyms

• wildebeest

Translations

Further reading

• gnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gnu at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ngu, Ung, gun, nug

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Danish

Etymology

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe, from Bantu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnuː/, [ɡ̊nuːˀ]

Noun

gnu c (singular definite gnuen, plural indefinite gnuer)

1. gnu, wildebeest

Inflection

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• gnuu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnu(ː)/, [ˈɡnu(ː)]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: gnu

Noun

gnu

1. gnu, wildebeest (antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
2. black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou (large antelope native to south Africa)
3. blue wildebeest, brindled gnu, Connochaetes taurinus (large antelope native to eastern Africa)

Declension

Synonyms

• (Connochaetes gnou): valkohäntägnu
• (Connochaetes taurinus): juovagnu

Derived terms

• valkohäntägnu, Connochaetes gnou (black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu)
• juovagnu, Connochaetes taurinus, (blue wildebeest, brindled gnu)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (invariable)

1. gnu
2. wildebeest, kokoon

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From an African language, via German Gnu

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuer, definite plural gnuene)

1. a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

References

• “gnu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe. Ultimately Nama.

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuar, definite plural gnuane)

1. a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gnúa. Cognate with Icelandic núa.

Verb

gnu (present tense gnur, past tense gnudde, past participle gnudd/gnutt, passive infinitive gnuast, present participle gnuande, imperative gnu)

1. (transitive) to rub hard
2. (transitive) to compress, crush
3. (intransitive) to work hard and evenly
4. (intransitive) to nag

References

• “gnu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ung

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnu/

Noun

gnu n

1. gnu

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡnu/, /ɡi.ˈnu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (plural gnus)

1. gnu

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse gnýr (“clash, din”) and gnyðr (“murmur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋʉ́ː], [ɡ̊ɳʉ́ː] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ʉ́ː

Noun

gnu n (definite singular gnue)

1. roaring, rumbling

Alternative forms

• gny

Verb

gnu

1. singular present of gnuu
2. singular imperative of gnuu

Source: wiktionary.org

• a kind of African antelope.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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