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{{sense|biracial person}} The term '''''zebra''''', as used in its pejorative sense, was popularized on the television situation comedy ''[[w:The Jeffersons|The Jeffersons]]''. The term was used by the series protagonist, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), to express disdain for his daughter-in-law, Jenny Willis Jefferson, whose father was white and mother was black. |
{{sense|biracial person}} The term '''''zebra''''', as used in its pejorative sense, was popularized on the television situation comedy ''[[w:The Jeffersons|The Jeffersons]]''. The term was used by the series protagonist, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), to express disdain for his daughter-in-law, Jenny Willis Jefferson, whose father was white and mother was black. |
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While the word was traditionally pronounced with a long initial vowel in standard English, during the twentieth century a vowel shift occurred in regions of England, with the adoption of an initial short vowel.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wells|first=John|title=Our changing pronunciation|journal=Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society|date=1997|pages=xix.42-48|url=http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/yorksdial-uni.htm|accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> The long vowel pronunciation remains standard in American English. |
While the word was traditionally pronounced with a long initial vowel in standard English, during the twentieth century a vowel shift occurred in regions of England, with the adoption of an initial short vowel.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wells|first=John|title=Our changing pronunciation|journal=Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society|date=1997|pages=xix.42-48|url=http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/yorksdial-uni.htm|accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> This pronunciation is now used throughout the UK and Commonwealth. The long vowel pronunciation remains standard in American English. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 05:33, 6 February 2014
English
Etymology
1600; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian (deprecated template usage) zebra, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese (deprecated template usage) zebra, (deprecated template usage) zebro, from Old Portuguese (deprecated template usage) enzebro, (deprecated template usage) ezebra, (deprecated template usage) azebra, from earlier (deprecated template usage) cebrario (882), (deprecated template usage) ezebrario (897), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) equiferus (Pliny).
(biracial person): The term zebra, as used in its pejorative sense, was popularized on the television situation comedy The Jeffersons. The term was used by the series protagonist, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), to express disdain for his daughter-in-law, Jenny Willis Jefferson, whose father was white and mother was black.
While the word was traditionally pronounced with a long initial vowel in standard English, during the twentieth century a vowel shift occurred in regions of England, with the adoption of an initial short vowel.[1] This pronunciation is now used throughout the UK and Commonwealth. The long vowel pronunciation remains standard in American English.
Pronunciation
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Noun
zebra (plural zebras)
- Any of three species of genus Equus: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
- (deprecated template usage) (sports, slang) A referee.
- (deprecated template usage) (medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.")
- (deprecated template usage) (vulgar, derogatory, slang) A bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
Hyponyms
- (animal of genus Equus): Burchell's zebra, Grevy's zebra, quagga, plains zebra, mountain zebra
Synonyms
- (unusual diagnosis): fascinoma
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Anagrams
References
Basque
Noun
zebra ?
Declension
Catalan
Noun
zebra f (plural zebres)
Czech
Noun
zebra f
Declension
Danish
Noun
zebra c (singular definite zebraen, plural indefinite zebraer)
Esperanto
Adjective
zebra (accusative singular zebran, plural zebraj, accusative plural zebrajn)
Hypernyms
Related terms
- zebro (“zebra”)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
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Noun
zebra (plural zebrák)
- zebra (animal)
- pedestrian crossing, crosswalk, zebra crossing
Declension
Inflection of zebra | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | zebra | zebrák |
accusative | zebrát | zebrákat |
dative | zebrának | zebráknak |
instrumental | zebrával | zebrákkal |
causal-final | zebráért | zebrákért |
translative | zebrává | zebrákká |
terminative | zebráig | zebrákig |
essive-formal | zebraként | zebrákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | zebrában | zebrákban |
superessive | zebrán | zebrákon |
adessive | zebránál | zebráknál |
illative | zebrába | zebrákba |
sublative | zebrára | zebrákra |
allative | zebrához | zebrákhoz |
elative | zebrából | zebrákból |
delative | zebráról | zebrákról |
ablative | zebrától | zebráktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
zebráé | zebráké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
zebráéi | zebrákéi |
Possessive forms of zebra | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | zebrám | zebráim |
2nd person sing. | zebrád | zebráid |
3rd person sing. | zebrája | zebrái |
1st person plural | zebránk | zebráink |
2nd person plural | zebrátok | zebráitok |
3rd person plural | zebrájuk | zebráik |
Synonyms
- (crosswalk): gyalogátkelőhely
Italian
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈdzɛːbra/
Noun
zebra f (plural zebre)
- zebra
- (deprecated template usage) (in the plural, informal) zebra crossing
Ladin
Noun
zebra f (plural zebres)
Latin
Noun
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Inflection
Latvian
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from a Congolese name for the animal, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese, via some other European language. Possibly also ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) equiferus, via Portuguese and/or Italian.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Noun
zebra f (4th declension)
- zebra (esp. Equus zebra)
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Noun
zebra f
- zebra (animal)
- (deprecated template usage) (colloquial) zebra crossing
Declension
Synonyms
- (crossing) przejście dla pieszych, pasy
Portuguese
Noun
zebra f (plural s)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /zêbra/
Noun
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Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈzèːbra/, /ˈzéːbra/ - Template:sl-tonal
Noun
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Declension
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | zéba | ||
gen. sing. | zébe | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zéba | zébi | zébe |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zébe | zéb | zéb |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
zébi | zébama | zébam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zébo | zébi | zébe |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zébi | zébah | zébah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zébo | zébama | zébami |
Spanish
Noun
zebra f (plural zebras)
- (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Alternative spelling of cebra
Swedish
Alternative forms
Noun
zebra c
Declension
Turkish
Noun
zebra (definite accusative zebrayı, plural zebralar)
Declension
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sports
- English slang
- en:Medicine
- English vulgarities
- English derogatory terms
- Lao terms with redundant script codes
- 1000 English basic words
- en:Equids
- Basque lemmas
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- eu:Mammals
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
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- ca:Equids
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Equids
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms spelled with Z
- Danish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Equids
- Esperanto lemmas
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- eo:Equids
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian entries with topic categories using raw markup
- hu:Equids
- hu:Road transport
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Italian feminine nouns
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- it:Equids
- Ladin lemmas
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- la:Equids
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- lv:Equids
- lv:Mammals
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Polish colloquialisms
- pl:Equids
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Equids
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- sh:Equids
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene feminine a-stem nouns
- sl:Equids
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish entries with language name categories using raw markup
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- Spanish terms with obsolete senses
- Spanish words with ze or zi
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with Z
- Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Equids
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- tr:Equids