зебра

Bulgarian

зебра

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛbrɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

зе́бра • (zébra) f

1. zebra
2. zebra crossing, crosswalk

Declension

Declension of зе́бра

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

Anagrams

• бреза (breza), резба (rezba)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛbra]

Noun

зебра • (zebra) f (diminutive зебричка)

1. zebra

Declension

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

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

зебра (zebra) f

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

Declension

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

adjectives

• зебрасти (zebrasti)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “зебра”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “zebra”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 385

Russian

Alternative forms

• зёбра (zjóbra) — humorous

Etymology

Borrowed from a Western European language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzʲebrə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of зе́бра (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

		singular	plural
nominative		зе́бра zébra	зе́бры zébry
genitive		зе́бры zébry	зе́бр zébr
dative		зе́бре zébre	зе́брам zébram
accusative	animate	зе́бру zébru	зе́бр zébr
	inanimate		зе́бры zébry
instrumental		зе́брой, зе́брою zébroj, zébroju	зе́брами zébrami
prepositional		зе́бре zébre	зе́брах zébrax

Descendants

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

зе̏бра f (Latin spelling zȅbra)

1. zebra

Declension

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French zèbre, from Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛbrɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “зебра”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зебра”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “зебра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 553
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “зебра”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “зебра”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “зебра”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зебра”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)