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Asturian
Noun
cebra f (plural cebres)
- zebra
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese zevra (“onager”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). See also cebro.
Pronunciation
Noun
cebra f (plural cebras)
- zebra
Etymology 2
Probably from Latin zephyrus.
Pronunciation
Noun
cebra f (plural cebras)
- rainstorm
- Synonym: temporal
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “zeura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “zebr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cebra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cebra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cebra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Leonese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish zebra, from Old Spanish ezebra or Portuguese zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, both from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”), possibly through another Romance language first. Compare Portuguese zebra.
Noun
cebra f (plural cebras)
- zebras
References
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.bra/
- Rhymes: -ɛbra
- Syllabification: ce‧bra
Noun
cebra m
- genitive singular of ceber
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish ezebra, of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”), possibly through another Romance language first. Compare Portuguese zebra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθebɾa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsebɾa/
- Rhymes: -ebɾa
- Syllabification: ce‧bra
Noun
cebra f (plural cebras)
- zebra (african animal)
Derived terms
Further reading