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

Derived terms

• bastard hartebeest
• Coke's hartebeest
• Jackson's hartebeest
• Lelwel hartebeest
• Neumann's hartebeest
• Swayne's hartebeest

 

Translations

Alcelaphus bucelaphus

• Afrikaans: hartebees
• Arabic: ثيتل
• 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

Portuguese

Noun

hartebeest m (plural hartebeests)

1. hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus, an African antelope)

   Synonyms: veado-do-cabo, caama