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English
A koala on a branch
Etymology
From Dharug gula or gulawany .
Pronunciation
Noun
koala (plural koalas )
A tree-dwelling marsupial , Phascolarctos cinereus , that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia .
Synonyms: Phascolarctos cinereus , koala bear , native bear ( obsolete ) , native monkey ( obsolete ) , carbora
Derived terms
Translations
a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear
Albanian: koalë f
Arabic: كُوَالَا f ( kuwalā )
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܐܵܠܵܐ m ( kōˀālā )
Armenian: կոալա (hy) ( koala ) , պարկավոր արջ ( parkavor arǰ )
Asturian: coala (ast) m
Awabakal: kowalowain
Azerbaijani: koala (az)
Basque: koala (eu)
Belarusian: каа́ла f ( kaála )
Bengali: কোয়ালা ( kōẇala )
Bulgarian: коа́ла (bg) f ( koála )
Burmese: ကွားလားကောင် ( kwa:la:kaung )
Catalan: coala m
Cherokee: ᎪᏩᎳ ᏲᎾ ( gowala yona )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 樹熊 / 树熊 ( syu6 hung4 ) , 樹袋熊 / 树袋熊 ( syu6 doi6 hung4 ) ( formal )
Hakka: 無尾熊 / 无尾熊 ( mò-mî-yùng )
Hokkien: 無尾熊 / 无尾熊 (zh-min-nan) ( bô-bóe-hîm, bô-bé-hîm )
Mandarin: 樹袋熊 / 树袋熊 (zh) ( shùdàixióng ) , 無尾熊 / 无尾熊 (zh) ( wúwěixióng ) , 考拉 (zh) ( kǎolā )
Czech: koala f , medvídek koala m
Danish: koala c , koalabjørn c
Darkinjung: kuluwañ
Dutch: koala (nl) m , koalabeer (nl) m , koalabeertje (nl) n
Esperanto: koalo
Estonian: koaala (et)
Finnish: pussikarhu (fi) , koala (fi)
French: koala (fr) m
Gabi: gulla
Galician: coala m , koala m
Georgian: კოალა ( ḳoala )
German: Koala (de) m
Greek: κοάλα (el) n ( koála )
Hebrew: קוֹאָלָה (he) f ( koala )
Hindi: कोआला ( koālā )
Hungarian: koala (hu)
Icelandic: pokabjörn n
Ido: koalo (io)
Indonesian: koala (id)
Interlingua: koala
Irish: cóála m
Italian: koala (it) m , coala (it) m , fascolarto (it) m
Japanese: コアラ (ja) ( koara ) , 子守熊 (ja) ( こもりぐま, komoriguma ) , 袋熊 (ja) ( ふくろぐま, fukuro-guma ) ,
Kaurna: kuula
Kazakh: коала ( koala )
Khmer: កៅឡា ( kawlaa )
Korean: 코알라 (ko) ( koalla )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کوالا ( kwala )
Kyrgyz: коала ( koala )
Latvian: koala f
Lithuanian: koala f
Malay: koala (ms) m
Māori: koāra
Mohawk: ohkwá꞉ri kaneráhtaks
Mongolian: коала ( koala )
Navajo: shash bizaʼazis hólóní
Ngarrindjeri: miluriwatitji
Norwegian: koala (no) m
Persian: کوآلا ( ko-âlâ )
Polish: koala (pl) f
Portuguese: coala (pt) m
Romanian: koala (ro) f
Russian: коа́ла (ru) m or f ( koála )
Samoan: koala
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коа̀ла f
Latin: koàla (sh) f
Slovak: koala (sk) m
Slovene: koala (sl) f
Spanish: koala (es) m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: koala c
Tagalog: kowala
Thai: โคอาลา ( koo-aa-lâa )
Turkish: koala (tr)
Turkmen: koala
Ukrainian: коа́ла f ( koála )
Urdu: کوآلا ? ( koālā )
Uzbek: koala
Vietnamese: koala (vi) , gấu túi
Welsh: coala m
Wiradjuri: barrandhang
Woiwurrung: gurborra
Yagara: dumbirrbi
See also
See also
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from Dharug .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /koala/ [ko.a.la]
Rhymes: -ala , -a
Hyphenation: ko‧a‧la
Noun
koala anim
koala
Declension
Further reading
“koala ”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ]
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English koala , from Dharug .
Noun
koala (singular definite ? , plural indefinite koala )
koala
Synonym: koalabjørn
Declension
Dutch
Phascolarctos cinereus
Etymology
From Dharug gula or gulawany .
Pronunciation
Noun
koala m (plural koala's , diminutive koalaatje n )
koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus )
Synonym: koalabeer
Derived terms
Further reading
Fijian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English koala .
Noun
koala
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus )
E dau kania na kau yukalipiti na koala . Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English coal .
Noun
koala
( rare ) coal ( carbon rock )
Era dolava na sitoa ni koala e Viti kei Samoa me ra waiwai na sitima. They opened coal stations in Fiji and Samoa to fuel the steamships.
Usage notes
This term is rarely used as coal is uncommon in Fiji.
References
Gatty, Ronald (2009 ), “koala”, in Fijian–English Dictionary [1] , Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN , page 120
Finnish
Etymology
From English koala , from Dharug gula .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkoɑlɑ/ , [ˈko̞ɑ̝lɑ̝]
Rhymes: -oɑlɑ
Syllabification(key ) : ko‧a‧la
Hyphenation(key ) : koa‧la
Noun
koala
koala
Declension
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
English koala , from Dharug .
Pronunciation
Noun
koala m (plural koalas )
koala
Further reading
Galician
Noun
koala m (plural koalas )
koala
Hungarian
Etymology
From English koala , from Dharug gula or gulawany .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
koala (plural koalák )
koala
Declension
References
Indonesian
Etymology
From English koala , from Dharug gula or gulawany .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : [koˈala]
Hyphenation: ko‧ala
Noun
koala (plural koala -koala )
koala : a tree-dwelling marsupial , Phascolarctos cinereus , that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia
Further reading
Interlingua
Noun
koala
koala
Italian
Un Koala - A koala
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English koala , from Dharug gula or gulawany .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /koˈa.la/
Rhymes: -ala
Hyphenation: ko‧à‧la
Noun
koala m (invariable )
koala
Further reading
“koala ”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
“koala ” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
“koala ” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica , De Agostini Scuola Spa
“koàla ” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti , Olivetti Media Communication
“koàla ”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Marshallese
Noun
koala
koala
Polish
koala
Etymology
Borrowed from English koala , from Dharug gula or gulawany .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kɔˈa.la/
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: ko‧a‧la
Noun
koala f
koala
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
“koala ”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego [3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
“koala ”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN [4] (in Polish)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French koala .
Pronunciation
Noun
koala m or f (plural koala )
koala
Synonym: urs koala
Declension
Because of its unusual ending, this noun cannot be inflected normally. Inflected forms are often avoided.
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English koala , from Dharug gula .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /koˈala/ [koˈa.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: ko‧a‧la
Noun
koala m (plural koalas )
koala
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English koala .
Pronunciation
Noun
koala class IX (plural koala class X )
koala
Swedish
en koala som äter eukalyptusblad [a koala eating eucalyptus leaves]
Noun
koala c
koala
Synonyms: koalabjörn , ( uncommon ) pungbjörn
Declension
See also
References
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English koala .
Noun
koala
bandicoot
Turkish
Etymology
From English koala , from Dharug gula or gulawany .
Pronunciation
Noun
koala (definite accusative koalayı , plural koalalar )
koala
Declension
Synonyms
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Noun
koala
koala
Synonyms: gấu túi , gấu túi koala