different between oryx vs eland

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Noun

oryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges)

1. Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Related terms

• orygine

Synonyms

• sabre antelope

Translations

Anagrams

• Roxy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (órux), the antelope probably being named after the sharp iron digging tools with the same name, because of the shape of its horns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.ryks/, [????ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.riks/, [????iks]

Noun

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

1. antelope, gazelle
2. wild goat
3. wild bull or ox

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• oryx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oryx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oryx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• oryx in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• oryx in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland or South African Dutch, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?l?nd/

Noun

eland (plural elands)

1. A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]

Synonyms

• Oreas (obsolete); Oreas canna (obsolete)

Translations

Further reading

• Common eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Giant eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taurotragus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Taurotragus oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taurotragus derbianus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Alden, Dalen, Nelda, laden, lande, laned, lean'd, naled

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eland (“elk, moose; eland”), from Middle Dutch elant (“elk, moose”), from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.lant/

Noun

eland (plural elande)

1. common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx

Descendants

• ? English: eland

Cebuano

Etymology

From English eland, from Dutch eland, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e?land

Noun

eland

1. an eland; a large South African antelope of the genus Taurotragus

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: eland

Noun

eland m (plural elanden, diminutive elandje n)

1. elk, moose, Alces alces [from 16th c.]
2. (archaic, chiefly South Africa) common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx [mid 17th - early 20th c.]

Derived terms

• elandantilope

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eland
  • ? English: eland

Anagrams

• dalen, laden, lande

Spanish

Noun

eland m (plural elands)

1. eland