zebra
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- a zebra; any of three species of genus Equus: Equus E. grevyi, Equus E. quagga, or Equus E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa
- a pattern or motif similar to the stripes of a zebra
- (informal) an animal with zebra-like stripes
Etymology
Borrowed from English zebra derived from Italian zebra derived from Portuguese zebra derived from Old Portuguese enzebro derived from Latin *eciferus, equiferus (wild horse).
Origin
Latin
equiferus
Gloss
wild horse
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- zebra English
- zebra lionfish English
- zebra turkeyfish English
- zebrafish English
- zebraic English
- zebralike English
- zebrawood English
- zebrin English
- zebrine English
- zebroid English
- *eciferus Latin
- equiferus Latin
- zebra Italian
- zebratura Italian
- zebra Dutch, Flemish
- zèbre French
- зе́бра Russian
- zebra Portuguese
- séabra Irish
- zebra Turkish
- enzebro Old Portuguese
- zebro Old Portuguese
- zevra Old Portuguese
- zevro Old Portuguese
- zevro, ezebro Old Portuguese
- জেব্ৰা Assamese
- জেব্রা Bengali
- ezebra Old Spanish