antelope
English
/ˈæn.tɪ.ləʊp/, /ˈæn.tə.loʊp/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
- (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
- (archaic) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English antelope derived from Old French antelop derived from Latin antalopus, ant(h)alopus derived from ἀνθόλοψ.
Origin
ἀνθόλοψ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antelopelike English
- antalopus Latin
- antalopus, ant(h)alopus Latin
- antalopus, anthalopus Latin
- Antilope German
- Pferdeantilope German
- antilop Hungarian
- antilope French
- antílope Spanish, Castilian
- antilope Norwegian Bokmål
- antílope Portuguese
- アンテロープ Japanese
- antilope Norwegian Nynorsk
- antelope Middle English
- antalóp Irish
- antelop Old French
- antelop Malay
- ἀνθόλοψ gkm
- anaterope Maori