different between gazelle vs gayelle

English

Alternative forms

• gazel (archaic)

Etymology

From French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic ??????? (?az?l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?l/

Noun

gazelle (plural gazelles or gazelle)

1. 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

Translations

See also

• gazelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gazella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a??z?.l?/
• Hyphenation: ga?zel?le

Noun

gazelle f (plural gazellen, diminutive gazelletje n)

1. gazelle, mammal of the tribe Antilopini

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?az?l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.z?l/

Noun

gazelle f (plural gazelles)

1. gazelle

Further reading

• “gazelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• allégez

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish gallera (“cockfight arena”).

Noun

gayelle (plural gayelles)

1. (Caribbean, chiefly Trinidad and Tobago) An informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
   • 1975, Quincy Troupe, Rainer Schulte, Giant talk: an anthology of Third World writings, link

     And that time Bolo is coming through the village to the gayelle...

Etymology 2

From gay + French -elle (“feminine suffix”).

Noun

gayelle (plural gayelles)

1. (neologism, rare, nonstandard) A lesbian.