zony

See also: żony

English

Etymology

Blend of zebra +‎ pony

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊni/
• Rhymes: -əʊni

Noun

zony (plural zonies)

1. The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.
   • 1997 April 6, vicki blakslee, “Zonis zorses and zebras”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet):

     > Please tell us how you are doing. What do you have, zony or zorse?

   • 2001 June 27, Bill Ramsay, “Evolution”, in nz.soc.religion (Usenet):

     the old man with the beard decided to lay his hands upon this poor lonely pony, and descended upon her a bounty, a bounty so exceedingly large, that she was blessed with a zony or a pebra, and this doth maketh lots of dosh for the zony’s owner, so that he too can be bountious ^[sic] with the hay from the tv rights, and dost ensure the continuing success of the little darling who shall dwell in the house of hay for evermore.

   • 2010, Marie Lestelle Evrard, You Look Sort of Strange, page v:

     I am a zony. My father is a zebra and my mother is a pony.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: urosseepran ja naarasponin risteytys
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zebroń m, zebrula f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.nɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɨ
• Syllabification: zo‧ny

Noun

zony f

1. inflection of zona:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural