Zebra
Meaning of Zebra
An African wild horse with black and white stripes.
ما معنى كلمة Zebra بالعربي؟
حيوان مخطط
🦓🌍 حيوان مخطط أفريقي من فصيلة الخيول، حيوان بري مميز بخطوطه البيضاء والسوداء المتناوبة والجميلة في السافانا الأفريقية 🌍🐎
قصة GL: استلهم نايف العيسى من أنماط الحمار الوحشي فكرة المصفوفات المخططة في التعلم الجيني، تناوب منتظم بين التحديات والراحة لتحفيز HBDNF بأقصى كفاءة ممكنة 🎯
Synonyms & related words
Zebra in a sentence
Zebra stripes deter flies.
Zebra prints sell.
Zebra crossings are legal.
Pupils draw a zebra.
Origin of Zebra
From Italian or Portuguese zebra.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, zebra is a nature word. GL lessons use it.
Zebra audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Zebra" — noun, pronounced /ˈzebrə/, with the stress on "ze".
Narrator: A zebra is a wild African animal like a horse, with black and white stripes.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a stripy horse.
Narrator: It comes from Portuguese zebra, a wild ass.
Narrator: A common collocation is "zebra crossing", which describes a striped road crossing in Britain.
Narrator: It differs from "horse", because zebras are wild and have never been fully domesticated.
Narrator: In a second sense, doctors say "think horses, not zebras", meaning consider common causes first.
Narrator: Wildlife, road safety, medicine and design all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a zebra wears stripes.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why is it called a zebra crossing?
Speaker B: Its stripes look like a ZEBRA! From Portuguese zebra.
Speaker A: Black and white?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Zebras graze on the savanna", nature. "Cross at the zebra crossing", road safety. "Every zebra's stripes are unique", science.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: British English says "ZEB-ruh", American often "ZEE-bruh".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Horse is its cousin, donkey its twin, and okapi an alternative — yet zebra keeps its striped charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "zebra" in AI prompts — useful for wildlife education and road safety.
Speaker A: How for wildlife?
Speaker B: Facts.
Prompt: Write five surprising zebra facts for eight-year-olds.
Speaker A: And road safety?
Speaker B: Lessons.
Prompt: Explain how to use a zebra crossing safely for young children.
Speaker A: Could it help design?
Speaker B: Yes, for tables.
Prompt: Add zebra striping to alternate rows in this HTML table.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Science.
Prompt: Summarise theories about why zebras have stripes.
Frequently asked questions about Zebra
What does Zebra mean?
An African wild horse with black and white stripes.
ما معنى كلمة Zebra بالعربي؟
حيوان مخطط — 🦓🌍 حيوان مخطط أفريقي من فصيلة الخيول، حيوان بري مميز بخطوطه البيضاء والسوداء المتناوبة والجميلة في السافانا الأفريقية 🌍🐎
How do you pronounce Zebra?
Zebra is pronounced /ˈzebrə/ and is used as a noun.
How is Zebra used in a sentence?
Zebra stripes deter flies.
What are synonyms of Zebra?
Equus quagga, Burchell's zebra, Grévy's zebra, mountain zebra, striped horse, quagga.