zebra

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See also: Zebra, zébra, zebră, zebrā, zebrą, and żebra

English

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A zebra (species of Equus)

Etymology

1600; borrowed from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-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

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    • Hyphenation: zeb‧ra
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    • Hyphenation: ze‧bra

Noun

zebra (plural zebra or zebras)

  1. Any of three species of genus Equus: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
  2. (sports, slang) A referee.
  3. (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 hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
  4. (vulgar, derogatory, slang) A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
  5. (informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.
  6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.), having black and white markings.

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Translations

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See also

References

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Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

zebra ?

  1. zebra

Declension

Template:eu-decl-anim noun-a

Catalan

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Pronunciation

Noun

zebra f (plural zebres)

  1. zebra

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English zebra, from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-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”).

Noun

zebra

  1. a zebra; any of three species of genus Equus: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa
  2. a pattern or motif similar to the stripes of a zebra
  3. (informal) an animal with zebra-like stripes

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

zebra f

  1. zebra

Declension

Template:cs-decl-noun

Further reading

Danish

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Noun

zebra c (singular definite zebraen, plural indefinite zebraer)

  1. zebra

Dutch

Drie zebra's. — Three zebras (sense 1).
Een zekere zebra in Londen. — A certain zebra crossing in London.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese zebra, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”). The second sense is a shortening of zebrapad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.braː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧bra

Noun

zebra m (plural zebra's, diminutive zebraatje n)

  1. A zebra, a black-and-white striped equid of the genus Equus; Equus zebra, Equus quagga or Equus grevyi. [from late 16th c.]
  2. A zebra crossing, a pedestrian crossing. [from mid 1950s.]
    Synonym: zebrapad

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Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

From zebro (“zebra”) +‎ -a.

Adjective

zebra (accusative singular zebran, plural zebraj, accusative plural zebrajn)

  1. zebrine, hippotigrine

Hypernyms

Hungarian

Zebra [1].
Zebra [2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛbrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: zeb‧ra

Noun

zebra (plural zebrák)

  1. (biology) zebra (animal)
  2. (road transport) pedestrian crossing, crosswalk, zebra crossing

Declension

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		zebráé zebráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		zebráéi zebrákéi
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

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Italian

Pronunciation

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Noun

zebra f (plural zebre)

  1. zebra
  2. (in the plural, informal) zebra crossing

Ladin

Noun

zebra f (plural zebres)

  1. zebra

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

zēbra f (genitive zēbrae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) zebra (Equus zebra)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zēbra zēbrae
Genitive zēbrae zēbrārum
Dative zēbrae zēbrīs
Accusative zēbram zēbrās
Ablative zēbrā zēbrīs
Vocative zēbra zēbrae

Latvian

 zebra on Latvian Wikipedia
Zebra

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 Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), via Portuguese and/or Italian.

Pronunciation

Noun

zebra f (4th declension)

  1. zebra (esp. Equus zebra)

Declension

Declension of zebra (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) zebra zebras
accusative (akuzatīvs) zebru zebras
genitive (ģenitīvs) zebras zebru
dative (datīvs) zebrai zebrām
instrumental (instrumentālis) zebru zebrām
locative (lokatīvs) zebrā zebrās
vocative (vokatīvs) zebra zebras

Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

zebra f

  1. zebra (animal)
  2. (colloquial) zebra crossing

Declension

Declension of zebra
singular plural
nominative zebra zebry
genitive zebry zebr
dative zebrze zebrom
accusative zebrę zebry
instrumental zebrą zebrami
locative zebrze zebrach
vocative zebro zebry

Synonyms

Portuguese

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zebra (Equus quagga antiquorum)

Etymology

From zebro, from Old Galician-Portuguese zebro, ezebro (“European wild ass”), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). Compare Spanish cebra.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ze‧bra

Noun

zebra f (plural s)

  1. zebra

Descendants

  • Italian: zebra

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

zȅbra f (Cyrillic spelling зе̏бра)

  1. zebra

Declension

Declension of zebra
singular plural
nominative zebra zebre
genitive zebre zebra
dative zebri zebrama
accusative zebru zebre
vocative zebro zebre
locative zebri zebrama
instrumental zebrom zebrama

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zèːbra/, /zéːbra/

Noun

zẹ̄bra f

  1. zebra

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. zébra
gen. sing. zébre
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		zébra zébri zébre
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		zébre zéber zéber
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		zébri zébrama zébram
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		zébro zébri zébre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		zébri zébrah zébrah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		zébro zébrama zébrami

Spanish

Noun

zebra f (plural zebras)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cebra.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

zebra c

  1. zebra

Declension

Declension of zebra 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative zebra zebran zebror zebrorna
Genitive zebras zebrans zebrors zebrornas

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English zebra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzeb.ɾɑ]
  • Hyphenation: zeb‧ra

Noun

zebra (definite accusative zebrayı, plural zebralar)

  1. zebra

Declension

Inflection
Nominative zebra
Definite accusative zebrayı
Singular Plural
Nominative zebra zebralar
Definite accusative zebrayı zebraları
Dative zebraya zebralara
Locative zebrada zebralarda
Ablative zebradan zebralardan
Genitive zebranın zebraların
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