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зебра

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Bulgarian

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зебра

Etymology

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Internationalism, ultimately from Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛbrɐ]
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Noun

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зе́бра (zébraf

  1. zebra
  2. zebra crossing, crosswalk

Declension

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Declension of зе́бра
singular plural
indefinite зе́бра
zébra
зе́бри
zébri
definite зе́брата
zébrata
зе́брите
zébrite
vocative form зе́бро
zébro
зе́бри
zébri

Anagrams

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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зебра (zebraf (diminutive зебричка)

  1. zebra

Declension

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Declension of зебра
singular plural
indefinite зебра (zebra) зебри (zebri)
definite unspecified зебрата (zebrata) зебрите (zebrite)
definite proximal зебрава (zebrava) зебриве (zebrive)
definite distal зебрана (zebrana) зебрине (zebrine)
vocative зебро (zebro) зебри (zebri)

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Internationalism, ultimately from Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛbra]
  • Rhymes: -ɛbra
  • Hyphenation: зе‧бра

Noun

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зебра (zebraf

  1. zebra (any equid of the subgenus Hippotigris)
  2. zebra crossing, crosswalk

Declension

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Declension of зебра
singular plural
nominative зебра (zebra) зебри (zebri)
genitive зебри (zebri) зеброх (zebrox)
dative зебри (zebri) зебром (zebrom)
accusative зебру (zebru) зебри (zebri)
instrumental зебру (zebru) зебрами (zebrami)
locative зебри (zebri) зеброх (zebrox)
vocative зебро (zebro) зебри (zebri)

Derived terms

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adjectives

References

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Western European language.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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зе́бра (zébraf anim or f inan (genitive зе́бры, nominative plural зе́бры, genitive plural зебр)

  1. (zoology) zebra
  2. zebra crossing (a pedestrian crosswalk)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: զեբր (zebr)
  • Georgian: ზებრა (zebra)

References

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  1. ^ Vasmer suggests a borrowing from English or Dutch. See: Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зебра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Shansky suggests a borrowing from German or French. See: Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зебра”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 83

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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зе̏бра f (Latin spelling zȅbra)

  1. zebra

Declension

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Declension of зебра
singular plural
nominative зебра зебре
genitive зебре зебра
dative зебри зебрама
accusative зебру зебре
vocative зебро зебре
locative зебри зебрама
instrumental зебром зебрама

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French zèbre, from Portuguese zebra.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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зе́бра (zébraf animal or f inan (genitive зе́бри, nominative plural зе́бри, genitive plural зебр)

  1. (animal) zebra
  2. (inanimate, figuratively, colloquial) zebra crossing

Declension

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Declension of зе́бра
(animal/inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative зе́бра
zébra
зе́бри
zébry
genitive зе́бри
zébry
зебр
zebr
dative зе́брі
zébri
зе́брам
zébram
accusative зе́бру
zébru
зе́бри, зебр
zébry, zebr
instrumental зе́брою
zébroju
зе́брами
zébramy
locative зе́брі
zébri
зе́брах
zébrax
vocative зе́бро
zébro
зе́бри
zébry

References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зебра”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 256

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