zebro

See also: żebro, žebro, and Żebro

Esperanto

Ĉapmanaj zebroj en Bocvano

Etymology

Borrowed from French zèbre, English zebra, Russian зе́бра (zébra) and German Zebra.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈzebro]
• Rhymes: -ebro
• Hyphenation: ze‧bro

Noun

zebro (accusative singular zebron, plural zebroj, accusative plural zebrojn)

1. zebra
   • 2009, Klivo Lendon, transl., La Origino de Specioj, Karolo Darvin, page 160:

     Oni vidas plurajn tre malsamajn speciojn de la ĉevala genro fariĝi, per simpla variado, striaj ĉe la kruro kiel zebro, aŭ striaj ĉe la ŝultroj kiel azeno.

     We see several very distinct species of the horse-genus becoming, by simple variation, striped on the legs like a zebra, or striped on the shoulders like an ass.

Hypernyms

• ekvedo (“equid”)

Hyponyms

• (neologism) zebriĉo, (idiomatic) virzebro (“male zebra, zebra stallion”)
• zebrido (“young zebra, zebra foal”)
• zebrino (“female zebra, zebra mare”)

Holonyms

• zebraro (“herd of zebras”)

Derived terms

• zebra (“zebrine, hippotigrine”)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ze.bɾo/

Noun

zebro m (plural zebros)

1. Alternative form of zevro

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.brɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛbrɔ
• Syllabification: ze‧bro

Noun

zebro f

1. vocative singular of zebra

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈze.bɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈze.bɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈze.bɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈze.bɾu/ [ˈze.βɾu]

• Hyphenation: ze‧bro

Noun

zebro m (plural zebros, feminine zebra, feminine plural zebras)

1. a wild horse or a wild ass (Equus hydruntinus, an extinct equine)

Derived terms

• zebra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bɾu/ [ˈzɛ.βɾu]

• Hyphenation: ze‧bro

Verb

zebro

1. first-person singular present indicative of zebrar