Zebra

See also: zebra, zébra, zebră, zebrā, zebrą, żebra, and žebra

Translingual

Proper noun

Zebra f

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – now treated as a synonym of Equus.

English

Noun

Zebra

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Z.
    Synonym: Zulu

German

Etymology

    17th century, 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 ass”). Neuter gender probably after Pferd (“horse”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtseːbʁa/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio (Berlin):(file)
    • Audio (Austria):(file)

    Noun

    Zebra n (strong, genitive Zebras or (rare) Zebra, plural Zebras or (rare) Zebra)

    1. zebra

    Declension

    Declension of Zebra [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Zebra die Zebras, Zebra
    genitive eines des Zebras, Zebra der Zebras, Zebra
    dative einem dem Zebra den Zebras, Zebra
    accusative ein das Zebra die Zebras, Zebra

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Zebra

    Further reading

    • “Zebra” in Duden online
    • “Zebra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-
      Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
      Proto-Italic *ekwos
      Latin equus
      Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
      Proto-Italic *feros
      Latin ferus
      Latin equiferus
      Old Galician-Portuguese zevro
      Portuguese zebrabor.
      German Zebrabor.
      Hunsrik Zebra

      Borrowed from German Zebra.[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡seːpra/
      • Rhymes: -eːpra
      • Syllabification: Ze‧bra

      Noun

      Zebra f (plural Zebras)

      1. zebra (any equid of subgenus Hippotigris)

      References

      1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Zebra”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 179, column 2

      Luxembourgish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡seːbʀa/

      Noun

      Zebra m (plural Zebraen)

      1. zebra
      This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.