gazelle

See also Gazelle

English

Gazella bennettii

Alternative forms

• gazel (archaic)

Etymology

From French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غزال (ghazāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gəˈzɛl/, X-SAMPA: /g@"zEl/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

gazelle (plural gazelles or gazelle)

1. An antelope of the genus Gazella mostly native to Africa and capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

Derived terms

Terms derived from gazelle

Cuvier's gazelle Dama gazelle Dorcas gazelle goitered gazelle Grant's gazelle

Indian gazelle Mongalla gazelle Mongolian gazelle mountain gazelle red-fronted gazelle

slender-horned gazelle Soemmerring's gazelle Speke's gazelle Thomson's gazelle

Translations

antelope

• Arabic: غَزال (ar) (ghazaal) m
• Armenian: վիթ (hy) (vit’)
• Basque: gazela (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羚羊 (cmn) (língyáng)

• Czech: gazela (cs) f
• Dutch: gezelle (nl)
• Egyptian: gḥs

• Esperanto: gazelo (eo)
• Ewe: sẽ n
• Finnish: gaselli (fi)
• French: gazelle (fr) f
• Georgian: ქურციკი (ka) (k'urts'iki)
• German: Gazelle (de) f
• Greek: γαζέλα (el) (gazéla) f
• Hebrew: צבי (he) (tsvi)

• Irish: gasail (ga) f
• Italian: gazzella (it) f
• Japanese: ガゼル (ja) (gazeru)
• Macedonian: газела (mk) (gazela) f
• Mongolian: зээр (mn) (zeer)
• Persian: آهو (fa) (âhu), غزال (fa) (ğazâl)
• Portuguese: gazela (pt) f
• Romanian: gazelă (ro) f
• Russian: газель (ru) (gazél') f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: газела (sh) f

  Roman: gazela (sh) f

• Spanish: gacela (es) f
• Swahili: swala (sw), swara (sw), paa (sw), impala (sw)
• Swedish: gasell (sv) c
• Turkish: ceylan (tr)
• Wolof: kéwél gi (wo)

See also

• Gazelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gazella on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Gazella

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

gazelle f (plural gazellen, diminutive gazelletje)

1. gazelle

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French

Etymology

From Arabic غزال (ghazāl).

Noun

gazelle f (plural gazelles)

1. gazelle
2. (Morocco) beautiful young (especially European) woman

Anagrams

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