steenbok

See also: Steenbok

English

Steenbok

Etymology

From Afrikaans steenbok, from Dutch steenbok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːnbɒk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

steenbok (plural steenboks or steenbok)

1. A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.

Translations

One of any species of small antelope

• Afrikaans: steenbok (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小岩羚 (xiǎoyánlíng)

• Hungarian: őszantilop
• Shona: mhene
• Zulu: iqhina

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch steenbok.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

steenbok (plural steenbokke)

1. steenbok (antelope)

Descendants

• → English: steenbok

Dutch

Etymology

From steen (“stone”) +‎ bok (“billy goat”). The sense Raphicerus campestris is attested from at least as early as 1787.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːmbɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

steenbok m (plural steenbokken, diminutive steenbokje n)

Steenbok
Ibex

1. An ibex, rock goat (wild mountain goat)
2. Synonym of steenbokantilope (“steenbok, Raphicerus campestris”)

Derived terms

• steenbokantilope
• steenbokskeerkring

Descendants

• Afrikaans: steenbok
  • → English: steenbok

Further reading

• steenbok on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl