steenbok
See also: Steenbok
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans steenbok, from Dutch steenbok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstiːnbɒk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
steenbok (plural steenboks or steenbok)
- A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
Translations
One of any species of small antelope
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
steenbok (plural steenbokke)
- 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)
- an ibex, rock goat (wild mountain goat)
- synonym of steenbokantilope (“steenbok, Raphicerus campestris”)
Derived terms
- steenbokantilope
- steenbokskeerkring
Descendants
Further reading
- steenbok on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl