zebra

Etymology
1600; borrowed from, from , , from , , , from earlier (882),  (897), from , from  (Pliny), from  +.

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.

In reference to the black and white striped shirts they wear.

Noun

 * 1) Any of three species of subgenus : E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
 * 2)  A referee.
 * 3)  An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
 * 4)  Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder
 * 5)  A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.
 * 6)  A fish, the zebra cichlid.
 * 7) Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus  of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
 * 8) A zebra crossing.
 * 1)  A fish, the zebra cichlid.
 * 2) Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus  of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
 * 3) A zebra crossing.

Usage notes

 * The term zebra, as used in its pejorative sense, was popularized on the television situation comedy . The term was used by the series protagonist, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), to express disdain for his daughter-in-law, Jenny Willis Jefferson, whose father was white and mother was black.

Hyponyms

 * Burchell's zebra,, quagga, plains zebra, mountain zebra

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) zebra

Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , , from , , , from earlier (882),  (897), from , from  (Pliny), from  +.

Noun

 * 1) a ; any of three species of genus Equus: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa
 * 2) a pattern or motif similar to the stripes of a zebra
 * 3)  an animal with zebra-like stripes

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from , from +.

Etymology
Probably from, from

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , , , from earlier (882),  (897), from , from. The second sense is a shortening of.

Noun

 * 1) A zebra, a black-and-white striped equid of the genus Equus;,  or.
 * 2) A zebra crossing, a pedestrian crossing.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) zebrine, hippotigrine

Noun

 * 1)  zebra animal
 * 2)   pedestrian crossing, crosswalk, zebra crossing

Noun

 * 1) zebra
 * 2) zebra walk

Noun

 * 1)  zebra crossing/crosswalk
 * 1)  zebra crossing/crosswalk

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) zebra

Noun

 * 1)  zebra

Etymology
Possibly ultimately from a Congolese name for the animal, via 🇨🇬, via some other European language. Possibly also ultimately from 🇨🇬, via Portuguese and/or Italian.

Noun

 * 1) zebra esp.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing
 * 2) black and white striped pattern
 * 1) black and white striped pattern
 * 1) black and white striped pattern

Etymology 1
From, from , , from , from , from +. Compare 🇨🇬.

Senses 2 and 3 of the word comes from the popular Brazilian betting game jogo do bicho, in which the animal is absent, therefore it is unlikely that a zebra will be drawn.

Noun

 * 1)  A victorious competitor initially thought unlikely to win, especially in sports; an underdog
 * 2)  an unexpected result in a competition
 * 3)  idiot, stupid
 * 4)  prison uniform
 * 5)  zebra crossing
 * 6)  vice, a bad habit
 * 7)  a type of lanky spinning top
 * 8)  curb line of flat curbstones on the corners of racing tracks
 * 9) zebra pattern
 * 10)  cow
 * 1)  a type of lanky spinning top
 * 2)  curb line of flat curbstones on the corners of racing tracks
 * 3) zebra pattern
 * 4)  cow

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) zebra