hartebeest en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɑːtəbiːst/ (UK)
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Etymology
From early Afrikaans hartebeest (now hartebees), from Dutch hert (“deer, hart”) + Dutch beest (“beast”).
Meanings
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A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.
Besides these, there are bles bucks, quaggas, ostriches, steen bucks, ree bucks, and a few hartebeesten.
1842 February 16, O. P. Q., “New Zealand and the Cape”, in The New Zealand Journal, volume III, London: […] Henry Hobbs Chambers, […], page 46, column 1:Immense troops of elephants roamed the coastlands and the thorns; lions and panthers lurked in the kloofs and among broken ground; elands, hartebeesten, and other antelopes swarmed in the veld; and hippopotami and crocodiles abounded in the rivers.
1891, Robert Russell, “Natal in 1800”, in “Sailors and Natives”, in Natal: The Land and Its Story: A Geography and History for the Use of Schools (with Map), Pietermaritzburg: P. Davis and Sons, page 113:Here all kinds of animals are found, viz., lions, rhinoceroses, horses (zebras), ostriches and hartebeesten in multitudes, there being always good water and grass here. […] We also saw 13 horses (zebras), 5 rhinoceroses, some ostriches and thousands of hartebeesten. […] A little further on I encountered a herd of hartebeesten, four of which I wounded, though I only secured one, which I laid on one of the oxen.
1897, H[endrik] C[arel] V[os] Leibbrandt, Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope, January, 1659–May, 1662. [Abraham van] Riebeeck’s Journal, &c., part III, Cape Town: W[illiam] A[ttwell] Richards & Sons, […], pages 230–231:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hartebeests | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hartebeest | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hartebeesten | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Neumann's hartebeest · Coke's hartebeest · Swayne's hartebeest · Senegal hartebeest · Jackson's hartebeest · tora hartebeest · Lelwel hartebeest · bastard hartebeest
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (27)
ru буба́л (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · ga hartaibéist (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · pt hartebeest (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · it kongoni (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · fr bubale (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · cmn 麋羚 (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · it kaama (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · es bubal (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · niq chemnyōkōso (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · ar ثَيْتَل (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · it alcelafo (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · es ñu rojo (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · fi kongoni (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · ru коро́вья антило́па (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · es alcélafo (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · fr bubale roux (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · ca búbal (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · af hartebees (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · hts qqeléakho (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · de Kuhantilope (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · sw kongoni (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · tn kgama (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · cmn 狷羚 (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · ja ハーテビースト (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · nl hartenbeest (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · zu indluzele (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) · pt veado-do-cabo (Alcelaphus bucelaphus)