zèbre
French, noun
zèbre is spelled Z-È-B-R-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zèbre is a French masculine noun meaning “zebra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of zébrer. With an accent, zébré is a different word: “past participle of zébrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère sauvage d'Afrique de la famille des équidés, voisin de l’âne, à robe jaunâtre rayée de bandes…”.
What does zèbre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezebra
- 2
masculineguy, chap
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of zébrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère sauvage d'Afrique de la famille des équidés, voisin de l’âne, à robe jaunâtre rayée de bandes brunes, à la crinière en brosse et à l'allure très rapide. 2. Cheval. 3. Individu, type. 4. Pitre, clown.
noun: 1. Personne à haut potentiel intellectuel, surdouée.
adjective: 1. Qui est marqué de raies semblables à celles du zèbre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zèbre
- zèbres plural
- zébresse feminine
- zébrée feminine
- zébrés masculine plural
- zébrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zèbre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zèbre in French?
zèbre appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).