springbok

See also: Springbok

English

A springbok.

Alternative forms

• springbuck

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans springbok, from Dutch springbok, from springen (“to jump, spring”) + bok (“buck, billy goat, antelope”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪŋ.bɒk/
• (US) enPR: sprĭngʹbäk, IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪŋ.bɔk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

springbok (plural springbok or springboks)

1. A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.

Derived terms

• Springbok
• Springbokkie
• springbuck

Translations

Antidorcas marsupialis

• Afrikaans: springbok (af)
• Arabic: قَوْفَز (qawfaz)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 跳羚 (tiu³ ling⁴)

  Mandarin: 跳羚 (tiàolíng)

• Dutch: springbok (nl) m
• Finnish: hyppyantilooppi, hyppygaselli
• French: springbok (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯეირანი (ǯeirani)
• Italian: antidorcade (it) f
• Japanese: スプリングボック (ja) (supuringubokku)
• Norwegian: springbukk m
• Persian: غزال آفریقائی (ġazâl-e âfriqâ'i)
• Portuguese: cabra-de-leque (pt) f
• Russian: спри́нгбок (ru) m (spríngbok)
• Spanish: gacela saltarina f
• Sotho: tshephe
• Swedish: springbock c
• Tswana: tshepe
• Xhosa: amaboko
• Zulu: insephe
• ǃXóõ: ǁûa

Further reading

• springbok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch springbok, equivalent to spring +‎ bok.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

springbok (plural springbokke)

1. springbok

Descendants

• → English: springbok

Dutch

Etymology

From springen (“to spring”) +‎ bok (“buck, billy goat, antelope”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

springbok m (plural springbokken, diminutive springbokje n)

1. the springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: springbok
  • → English: springbok

Further reading

• springbok on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl