Gazelle
Sponsored by Andrew JonesCame first in group 305 in round 1 with 202 votesbeat Placid on 166 votesbeat Spire on 76 votesbeat Window on 15 votes
Came third in group 77 in round 2 with 168 votesbeaten by Paucity on 242 votesbeaten by Equidistant on 233 votesbeat Spaniel on 134 votes
See also: Gazelle
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Middle French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gazelle (plural gazelles or gazelle)
- An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
Derived terms
[edit]- addra gazelle (Nanger dama)
- Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica)
- Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica)
- ariel gazelle (Gazella dorcas)
- black-tailed gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
- Clarke's gazelle (Ammodorcas clarkei)
- Cuvier's gazelle (Gazella cuvieri)
- dama gazelle (Nanger dama)
- dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas)
- Eritrean gazelle (Eudorcas tilonura)
- Erlanger's gazelle (Gazella erlangeri)
- gazelle in the garden, gazelle on the lawn
- giraffe gazelle (Litocranius walleri)
- goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
- Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti)
- Heuglin's gazelle (Eudorcas tilonura)
- Indian gazelle (Gazella bennettii)
- mhorr gazelle (Nanger dama)
- Mongalla gazelle (Eudorcas albonotata)
- Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)
- mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella)
- Neumann's gazelle (Gazella erlangeri)
- Palestine mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella)
- Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii)
- red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons)
- rhim gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)
- Robert's gazelle (Nanger granti robertsi)
- sand gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)
- slender-horned gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)
- Soemmerring's gazelle (Nanger soemmerringi)
- Speke's gazelle (Gazella spekei)
- Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
- Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata)
- true gazelle (Gazella gazella)
- Waller's gazelle (Litocranius walleri)
Translations
[edit]antelope
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References
[edit]- gazelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Antilopinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Antilopinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “*gazelle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French gazelle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gazelle f (plural gazellen, diminutive gazelletje n)
- gazelle, mammal of the tribe Antilopini
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gazelle f (plural gazelles)
Further reading
[edit]- “gazelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.