zebra
pronunciation
How to pronounce zebra in British English:
UK [ˈzebrə]
How to pronounce zebra in American English:
US [ˈziːbrə]
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- Noun:
- any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
Word Origin
- zebra (n.)
- c. 1600, from Italian zebra, perhaps via Portuguese, earlier applied to a now-extinct wild ass, of uncertain origin, said to be Congolese [OED], or Amharic [Klein], but perhaps ultimately from Latin equiferus "wild horse," from equus "horse" (see equine) + ferus (see fierce). Related: Zebrine; zebroid.
Example
- 1. A woman leads a zebra around , another a camel .
- 2. Zebra and wildebeest are popular too .
- 3. Actual zebra are hard to experiment on .
- 4. A three-week-old zebra plays with an older zebra .
- 5. Poaching for meat is only part of the problem ; few people eat zebra .