different between springbok vs springer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans springbok, from Dutch springen (“to spring”) + bok (“goat, antelope”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp???b?k/
• (US) enPR: spr?ng?bäk, IPA^(key): /?sp???b?k/

Alternative forms

• springbuck

Noun

springbok (plural springbok or springboks)

1. A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.

Derived terms

• Springbok
• springbuck

Translations

Further reading

• springbok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Noun

springbok (plural springbokke)

1. springbok

Dutch

Etymology

From springen (“to spring”) +? bok (“goat, antelope”).

Pronunciation

Noun

springbok m (plural springbokken, diminutive springbokje n)

1. springbok

English

Etymology

spring +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

springer (plural springers)

1. A person that springs.
2. Anything that springs.
3. A spring salmon.
4. A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
5. A springing cow.
6. A springer spaniel.
7. A springbok.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Eptatretus springeri
• klippspringer, klipspringer
• Springer illusion

Translations

Anagrams

• respring

Danish

Etymology 1

From springe (“jump”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spren??r/, [?sb??e??]

Noun

springer c (singular definite springeren, plural indefinite springere)

1. knight (chess)
2. jumper
3. dolphin

Inflection

Etymology 2

See springe (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spren??r/, [?sb??e???]

Verb

springer

1. present of springe

See also

• springer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Springer (skak) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Springer (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

springer m (definite singular springeren, indefinite plural springere, definite plural springerne)

1. (chess) a knight (chess piece)

See also

• springar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

springer

1. present tense of springe

References

• “springer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

springer

1. present tense of springa.