klipspringer

klipspringer

English

Etymology

Afrikaans, literally "rock jumper".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/

Noun

klipspringer (plural klipspringers)

a klipspringer

1. A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat.

Translations

Oreotragus oreotragus

Afrikaans: klipspringer (af) Amharic: ሰስ (säs) Bulgarian: клипшпрингер m (klipšpringer) Catalan: antílop salta-roques m Chinese: Mandarin: 山羚 (shānlíng) Czech: skálolez skákavý m Danish: klippespringer c Dutch: klipspringer (nl) m Finnish: kalliohyppijä French: oréotrague (fr) f, sassa (fr) f Georgian: კლიპშპრინგერი (ḳliṗšṗringeri) German: Klippspringer m Hadza: qqamâkho Hebrew: צְבִי הסְלָעִים‎ m (ts'ví sélaím) Hungarian: sziklaugró antilop, szassza Italian: saltarupi m, oreotrago m Japanese: クリップスプリンガー (kurippusupuringā) Kazakh: секіргіш киік (sekirgiş kïik)

Korean: 바위타기영양 (bawitagiyeong-yang) Kyrgyz: түйүлчөк жейрен (tüyülçök ceyren) Lithuanian: antilopė šoklė f Polish: koziołek skalny m Portuguese: cabrito-das-pedras m, conca (pt) f Romanian: antilopă-de-munte f Russian: антило́па-прыгу́н (ru) m (antilópa-prygún), клиппшпрингер m (klippšpringer) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антѝлопа камѐњарка f Roman: antìlopa kamènjarka f Shona: ngururu Spanish: saltarrocas m Swahili: mbuzi mawe, ngurunguru Swedish: klippspringare c Tagalog: saltarokas Thai: คลิปสปริงเงอร์ (klíp sà-bpring nger) Tswana: mokabaowane Zulu: igogo

See also

• Wikipedia article on the klipspringer

---

Afrikaans

Etymology

klip (“rock”) +‎ springer (“jumper”)

Noun

klipspringer (plural klipspringers)

1. klipspringer

---

Dutch

Etymology

From Afrikaans klipspringer (“klipspringer”), a compound of klip (“rock”) + springer (“jumper”). Both components of the compound have identically written cognates in Dutch, with the first being a false friend to Dutch klip (“cliff”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

klipspringer m (plural klipspringers, diminutive klipspringertje n)

1. klipspringer