zombie

zom·bie  (zmb)

n.

1. A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States.

2.

a. A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse.

b. A corpse revived in this way.

3. One who looks or behaves like an automaton.

4. A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice.

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[Caribbean French and English Creole, from Kimbundu -zumbi, ghost, departed spirit.]

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zombie, zombi [ˈzɒmbɪ]

n pl -bies, -bis

1. a person who is or appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment; automaton

2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a supernatural spirit that reanimates a dead body

3. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a corpse brought to life in this manner

4. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the snake god of voodoo cults in the West Indies, esp Haiti, and in scattered areas of the southern US

5. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the python god revered in parts of West Africa

6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a piece of computer code that instructs an infected computer to send a virus on to other computer systems

[from Kongo zumbi good-luck fetish]

zombiism  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	zombie - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force living dead, zombi dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
	2.	zombie - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism, voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
	3.	zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies snake god, zombi deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
	4.	zombie - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" automaton, zombi unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
	5.	zombie - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur zombi rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

Translations

zombie [ˈzɒmbɪ] N

1. (= monster) → zombi m

2. (fig) → zombi mf

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zombie [ˈzɒmbi] n

(lit) → zombie m

(fig) → zombie m
like a zombie → comme un zombie, comme un automate

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zombie

n

(lit: = revived corpse) → Zombie m

(fig) → Idiot(in) m(f) (inf), → Schwachkopf m (inf); like zombies/a zombie → wie im Tran; that new hairstyle makes her look a complete zombie → mit der neuen Frisur sieht sie total bescheuert or bekloppt aus (inf)

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zombie [ˈzɒmbɪ] n → zombie m/f inv
like a zombie → come uno zombie

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zombie [ˈzɒmbɪ] n → zombie m/f inv
like a zombie → come uno zombie

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zombie

n zombie [ˈzombi]

a slow-moving person of very little intelligence. zombie إنْسان بَطيء الحَرَكَة وقَليل الذَّكاء зомби trouba zombie; en levende død das Zombie άνθρωπος αποβλακωμένος zombi zombi آدمی که ظاهراً از هشیاری کامل برخوردار نیست idiootti imbécile זוֹמבִי, מֵת מֵהָלְך अजगर, देवता, जिन tup i trom čovjek unalmas ember, tök mayat hidup, orang bebal sombí, uppvakningur, dauðyfli (scimunito) のろま 좀비 bukagalvis, stuobrys aitasgalva zombi levend lijk dorsk/undermåls person tuman palerma imbecil зомби hlupák, trúba klada zombi zombie คนโง่ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) canlı cenaze 呆子 зомбі; кретин ٹھس ، بے حس آدمی người sống dở chết dở 傻瓜