זעברע

Yiddish

Etymology

From Polish zebra, Russian зе́бра (zébra) etc., from Italian zebra, from Portuguese 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛbʁə/

Noun

זעברע • (zebre) f, plural זעברעס (zebres)

  1. zebra (African animal)
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