Meaning

9 senses
  1. Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

  2. (slang)A referee.

  3. (slang)An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.

  4. (broadly)Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder

  5. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.

    Zebra, Tigerpferd

    зе́браzébra

    зе́браzébra

    any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

  6. (informal)A zebra cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).

  7. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

  8. A zebra crossing.

  9. 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 sentences
  1. He's like a zebra among the horses.

    Він як зебра серез коней.

    ruОн как зебра среди лошадей.

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  2. Tom likes zebras.

    Том любить зебр.

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  3. Why do zebras have stripes?

    Чому зебри смугасті?

    ruПочему у зебр полоски?

    deWarum haben Zebras Streifen?

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  4. Tom and Mary saw zebras.

    Том та Мері бачили зебр.

    ruТом и Мэри видели зебр.

    deTom und Maria haben Zebras gesehen.

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  5. Have you ever seen a zebra?

    ruТы когда-нибудь видел зебру?

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Translations

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Origin

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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