rhebok
/ˈɹiː.bɑk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There are also a whole lot of compounds that use 'bok': rhebok, bontebok, blesbok, gemsbok, rietbok, grysbok, bloubok ..."
- "The name of the South African antelope, the rhebok, derives from Dutch reebok, and can be written reebok."
- "The pronunciation and spelling over the years have changed through roe, rabock, reebok, raybuck to rhebok in English and 'ribbok' in Afrikaans (Skead 1980)."
Etymology
Earlier rabock, reebok, rhebuck, rheeboc, raybuck, rehboc, borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), ribbok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), compound of ree + bok, from Middle Dutch reeboc. Unetymological h present since 1775 though the spelling and pronunciation has varied greatly over the years. Doublet of roebuck.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹiː.bɑk/
- British English: /ˈɹiː.bɒk/
Inflected Forms
rheboks (plural)
reebok (alternative)
rhebuck (alternative)
rehboc (alternative)
rheeboc (alternative)