zebra

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, E. quagga, or E. 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.
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.

Έννοιες

ζέβρα

ζέβρος

όναγρος

άγριο ραβδωτό άλογο

όναγρος της Αφρικής

zébra

zébros

ónagros

Συνώνυμα

crosswalk

zebra crossing

Burchell’s zebra

common zebra

perissodactyl

zebra danio

leopard danio

rerio

Μεταφράσεις

zèbre

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Zebra

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zebra

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cebra

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zebra

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zebra

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zebra

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zebra

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equus zebra

zèbre

Kaapse ezel

حمار الزرد

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zebra

hippotīgris

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈzɛbɹə/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).
While the word was traditionally pronounced with a long vowel in the first syllable in standard English, during the twentieth century a vowel shift occurred in regions of England, with the shortening of the first vowel. This pronunciation is now used throughout the UK and most Commonwealth nations. The long-vowel pronunciation remains standard in Canadian and American English and is used in the UK only by some older, conservative RP speakers.
(unlikely diagnosis): Originates in the advice often given to medical students, "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".
(referee): In reference to the black and white striped shirts they wear.