hartebeest

English

Red Hartebeest

Etymology

From Afrikaans hartebees, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch hert (“deer, hart”) + beest (“(wild) animal, beast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtəbiːst/

Noun

hartebeest (plural hartebeest or hartebeests)

1. A type of grassland antelope, , native to parts of Africa

Synonyms

• kaama

Translations

Alcelaphus bucelaphus

• Afrikaans: hartebees
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狷羚 (juànlíng), 麋羚 (mílíng)

• Dutch: hartenbeest n
• French: bubale roux (fr) m, bubale (fr) m
• German: Kuhantilope f
• Hadza: qqeléakho
• Irish: hartaibéist f
• Italian: kongoni m, alcelafo m, kaama m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ハーテビースト (hātebīsuto)
• Navajo: jádí biniiʼtsʼózí
• Portuguese: hartebeest m, veado-do-cabo m, caama m
• Russian: буба́л m (bubál), коро́вья антило́па f (koróvʹja antilópa)
• Spanish: alcélafo m, bubal m, ñu rojo m
• Swahili: kongoni
• Tswana: kgama
• Zulu: indluzele

References

• hartebeest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Noun

hartebeest m (plural s)

1. hartebeest (, an African antelope)

Synonyms

• veado-do-cabo, caama