hartebeest

hartebeest

English

Red Hartebeest

Etymology

From Afrikaans hartebees, from Dutch hert (“deer, hart”) + beest (“(wild) animal, beast”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtəbiːst/

Noun

hartebeest (plural hartebeest or hartebeests)

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

   Synonym: kaama

   Coordinate term: wildebeest

Translations

Alcelaphus bucelaphus

Afrikaans: hartebees Catalan: búbal (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 狷羚 (juànlíng), 麋羚 (mílíng) Dutch: hartenbeest (nl) n Finnish: kongoni (fi) French: bubale roux (fr) m, bubale (fr) m German: Kuhantilope f Hadza: qqeléakho Irish: hartaibéist f Italian: kongoni m, alcelafo m, kaama m Japanese: ハーテビースト (hātebīsuto) Nandi: chemnyōkōso 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

Further reading

• hartebeest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Noun

hartebeest m (plural hartebeests)

1. hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus, an African antelope)

   Synonyms: veado-do-cabo, caama