zebra
Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus…Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
» He's like a zebra among the horses.
Он как зебра среди лошадей.
Він як зебра серез коней.
Meaning
9 sensesAny of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
(slang)A referee.
(slang)An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.
(broadly)Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder
(derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.
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any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
(informal)A zebra cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
A zebra crossing.
A fairy chess piece that is moved three squares in one direction and two at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
Examples
59 sentencesHe's like a zebra among the horses.
Він як зебра серез коней.
ruОн как зебра среди лошадей.
Tom likes zebras.
Том любить зебр.
Why do zebras have stripes?
Чому зебри смугасті?
ruПочему у зебр полоски?
deWarum haben Zebras Streifen?
Tom and Mary saw zebras.
Том та Мері бачили зебр.
ruТом и Мэри видели зебр.
deTom und Maria haben Zebras gesehen.
Have you ever seen a zebra?
ruТы когда-нибудь видел зебру?
Translations
9 languagesOrigin
First attested in 1600. Borrowed from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”First attested in 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”).
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Forms
plural: zebra / zebrasWord family
42 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular