zebra
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
1600; from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”) (Pliny), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).
(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[edit]
- (UK, Commonwealth) IPA(key): /ˈzɛbɹə/, /ˈziːbɹə/
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Audio (UK) (file) - (US and trad. English) IPA(key): /ˈziːbɹə/
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
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.
- (sports, slang) A referee.
- (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.")
- (vulgar, pejorative, slang) A bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (animal of genus Equus): Burchell's zebra, Grevy's zebra, quagga, plains zebra, mountain zebra
Synonyms[edit]
- (unusual diagnosis): fascinoma
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from the noun zebra
Translations[edit]
African animal
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Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Wells, John (1997), “Our changing pronunciation”, in Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society[1], retrieved 6 February 2014, pages xix.42-48
Basque[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra
Declension[edit]
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Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (plural zebres)
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f
Declension[edit]
Declension of zebra
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra c (singular definite zebraen, plural indefinite zebraer)
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
zebra (accusative singular zebran, plural zebraj, accusative plural zebrajn)
Hypernyms[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra (plural zebrák)
- zebra (animal)
- pedestrian crossing, crosswalk, zebra crossing
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Possessive forms of zebra | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- (crosswalk): gyalogátkelőhely
Derived terms[edit]
(Compound words):
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (plural zebre)
- zebra
- (in the plural, informal) zebra crossing
Ladin[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (plural zebres)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (genitive zebrae); first declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zebra | zebrae |
| genitive | zebrae | zebrārum |
| dative | zebrae | zebrīs |
| accusative | zebram | zebrās |
| ablative | zebrā | zebrīs |
| vocative | zebra | zebrae |
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly ultimately from a Congolese name for the animal, via Portuguese, via some other European language. Possibly also ultimately from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), via Portuguese and/or Italian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (4th declension)
- zebra (esp. Equus zebra)
Declension[edit]
Declension of zebra (4th declension)
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f
- zebra (animal)
- (colloquial) zebra crossing
Declension[edit]
declension of zebra
Synonyms[edit]
- (crossing) przejście dla pieszych, pasy
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From zebro, from Old Portuguese zebro, ezebro (“European wild ass”), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). Compare Spanish cebra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (plural zebras)
Descendants[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zȅbra f (Cyrillic spelling зе̏бра)
Declension[edit]
Declension of zebra
Slovene[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈzèːbra/, /ˈzéːbra/
- Tonal orthography: zẹ́bra, zẹ̑bra
Noun[edit]
zébra f (genitive zébre, nominative plural zébre)
Declension[edit]
Declension of zébra (feminine, a-stem)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra f (plural zebras)
- Obsolete spelling of cebra
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra c
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of zebra | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | zebra | zebran | zebror | zebrorna |
| Genitive | zebras | zebrans | zebrors | zebrornas |
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
zebra (definite accusative zebrayı, plural zebralar)
Declension[edit]
declension of zebra
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