An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
antelope in British English
(ˈæntɪˌləʊp)
nounWord forms: plural-lopes or -lope
1.
any bovid mammal of the subfamily Antilopinae, of Africa and Asia. They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the gazelles, springbok, impala, gerenuk, blackbuck, and dik-diks
2.
any of various similar bovids of Africa and Asia
3. American antelope
Word origin
C15: from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antalopus, from Late Greek antholops a legendary beast
antelope in American English
(ˈæntəˌloʊp)
nounWord forms: pluralˈanteˌlopes or ˈanteˌlope
1.
a.
any of a group of swift, bovid ruminants usually living in wild herds on the plains of Africa and Asia, including the gnu, impala, and kudu
b. US
pronghorn
2.
leather made from the hide of an antelope
Word origin
ME & OFr antelop, a fabulous horned animal < ML antalopus < MGr antholops, deer
He had been caught leaving the forest with a small antelope.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Across its Northumberland parkland roamed herds of antelope and buffalo.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
THIS antelope must feel like its head is spinning - after a spider set up home in its antlers.
The Sun (2010)
He runs like a f***ing antelope but it's a shame he passes like f***ing Bambi.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
antelope
British English: antelope /ˈæntɪˌləʊp/ NOUN
An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast.
American English: antelope
Arabic: ظَبْي
Brazilian Portuguese: antílope
Chinese: 羚羊
Croatian: antilopa
Czech: antilopa
Danish: antilope
Dutch: antilope
European Spanish: antílope
Finnish: antilooppi
French: antilope
German: Antilope
Greek: αντιλόπη
Italian: antilope
Japanese: レイヨウ
Korean: 영양 동물
Norwegian: antilope
Polish: antylopa
European Portuguese: antílope
Romanian: antilopă
Russian: антилопа
Latin American Spanish: antílope
Swedish: antilop
Thai: แอนติโลป/ สัตว์ประเภทกวางเขาเกลียว
Turkish: antilop
Ukrainian: антилопа
Vietnamese: linh dương
All related terms of 'antelope'
goat antelope
any bovid mammal of the tribe Rupicaprini, including the chamois , goral , serow , and Rocky Mountain goat , having characteristics of both goats and antelopes
sable antelope
a large black E African antelope , Hippotragus niger , with long backward-curving horns
American antelope
→ another name for pronghorn
harnessed antelope
any of various antelopes with vertical white stripes on the back, esp the bushbuck
chiru
a Tibetan antelope , Pantholops hodgsoni , having a dense woolly pinkish-brown fleece prized as the source of shahtoosh wool: now close to extinction due to illegal slaughter for its fleece