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Franç. | zébré | striped |
Port. | zebra | "wild ass" = zebra (not "the Iberian wild ass" - |
Webster - there are no wild asses in Europe). There no evidence of an African origin for this name as generally alleged. The geographic distribution of the root is evidence of its I.E. origin, more precisely Gallo- or Ibero-Romance |
Esp. | cebra | zèbre |
Galice | xebra | argazo de mar (un poisson); argazo (3.4.2.2) indique qu'il sagit d'une espèce bigarrée |
Ital.: Pantelleria | zzabrinati | "occhi rossi", conjonctivitis, characterized by fine red stripes |
Ital.: Pantelleria | zzábrinu | pomodoro di mare Actiniaequina, a species of sea anemone |
Czech | zabra | gills of fish |
Russian | zbry | id. |
Franç.(a.litt.) | janvré | chamarré |
Lith. | zebra | smeared |
Lith. | zebris | cow with spotted head |
Lith. | ziobris | Corn Crake, 146 |
Pol. | dziwer | damask |
Pol. | dziw | marvelous |
Ukr. | zevrij | blue flame on burning coal |
Ukr. | zevrity | to shine, sparkle, to burn without flame |
Franç. | givre | fine flakes of ice |
Franç. | givrure | (en joaillerie) défaut de certaines pierres |