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Definition for: zebra

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English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /ˈziːbrə/
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈzɛbrə/

Noun

Singular
zebra

Plural
zebras

zebra ( plural zebras )

  1. an African animal, closely related to a horse, with black and white stripes
  2. ( sports , slang ) a referee
  3. ( medical , slang ) an unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.")

Scientific names

  • Equus burchelli
  • Equus grevyi
  • Equus quagga
  • Equus zebra

Synonyms

  • (Def.2) fascinoma

Derived terms

Translations

  • Afrikaans: quagga
  • Basque: zebra
  • Bosnian: zebra f .
  • Bulgarian: зебра (zebra) f .
  • Catalan: zebra f .
  • Chinese: 斑马/斑馬 (bān mǎ)
  • Czech: zebra f .
  • Danish: zebra
  • Dutch: zebra m .
  • Esperanto: zebro
  • Estonian: sebra
  • Finnish: seepra
  • French: zèbre m .
  • German: Zebra n .
  • Greek: ζέβρος (zévros) m . , ζέβρα (zévra) f . , όναγρος (ónagros) m .
  • Hebrew: זברה (zébra) f .
  • Hindi: जेबरा (jebarA)
  • Hungarian: zebra
  • Indonesian: zebra
  • Interlingua: zebra
  • Italian: zebra
  • Japanese: しまうま (shima-uma)
  • Korean: 얼룩말 (eolrukmal)
  • Latin: equus zebra
  • Norwegian: sebra m .
  • Persian: گورخر (gurekhar)
  • Polish: zebra f .
  • Portuguese: zebra f .
  • Romanian: zebră f .
  • Russian: зебра
  • Serbian
Cyrillic: зебра f .
Roman: zebra f .
  • Slovak: zebra f .
  • Slovene: zebra f .
  • Spanish: cebra f .
  • Swahili: punda milia
  • Swedish: sebra c .
  • Telugu: చారల గుర్రం (chaarala gurraM), కంచర గాడిద (kamchara gaaDida)
  • Turkish: zebra
  • Volapük: stripajeval

See also


Bosnian

Noun

zebra f . ( pl . : zebre )

  1. zebra


Portuguese

Noun

zebra f .

  1. zebra

Serbian

Noun

zebra f . ( pl . : zebre )

  1. zebra

See also

  • зебра

Other Translations for "zebra"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code--.. . -... .-. .-
Binary 1111010 1100101 1100010 1110010 1100001
Hex7A65627261
Pig Latinebrazay

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