Gan khayot (גן חיות) means zoo in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
גַּן חַיּוֹת
gan khayot
noun · masculine
In English
zoo
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Gan khayot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מקום שבו מוחזקים בשבייה בעלי חיים (בעיקר חיות בר) ומוצגים לקהל למטרות שעשוע, מחקר, חינוך ושימור מינים הנתונים בסכנת הכחדה.
The word Gan khayot is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גַּן חַיּוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- גן חיות
- Said
- gan khayot
- Plural
- גַּנֵי חַיּוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' גַּנֵי חַיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 477
This is how Gan khayot is said in other languages.
- English
- zoo
- Arabic
- حديقة الحيوانات
- Russian
- зоопарк
- French
- zoo
- Spanish
- zoo, jardín zoo, zoológico
- German
- Zoo, Tiergarten, Tierpark
These words mean nearly the same as Gan khayot.
- גן זואולוגי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Gan khayot in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Gan khayot.
What does Gan khayot (גן חיות) mean in Hebrew?
Gan khayot (גן חיות) means zoo. It is said gan khayot, with the stress on gan.
What is a synonym for Gan khayot (גן חיות)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Gan khayot (גן חיות) are גן זואולוגי.
Is Gan khayot (גן חיות) masculine or feminine?
The word Gan khayot (גן חיות) is a masculine noun, and its plural is גַּנֵי חַיּוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גן חיות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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