Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hartebeest

/ˈhɑːtəbiːst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: har-te-beest
IPA: /ˈhɑːtəbiːst/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

Example Sentences

"Besides these, there are bles bucks, quaggas, ostriches, steen bucks, ree bucks, and a few hartebeesten."
"Immense troops of elephants roamed the coastlands and the thorns; lions and panthers lurked in the kloofs and among broken ground; elands, hartebeesten, and other antelopes swarmed in the veld; and hippopotami and crocodiles abounded in the rivers."
"Here all kinds of animals are found, viz., lions, rhinoceroses, horses (zebras), ostriches and hartebeesten in multitudes, there being always good water and grass here. […] We also saw 13 horses (zebras), 5 rhinoceroses, some ostriches and thousands of hartebeesten. […] A little further on I encountered a herd of hartebeesten, four of which I wounded, though I only secured one, which I laid on one of the oxen."

Etymology

From early Afrikaans hartebeest (now hartebees), from Dutch hert (“deer, hart”) + Dutch beest (“beast”).

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: hartebeest

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhɑːtəbiːst/

Inflected Forms

hartebeests (plural) hartebeesten (plural, rare)

Phrases

bastard hartebeest Coke's hartebeest Jackson's hartebeest Lelwel hartebeest Neumann's hartebeest Senegal hartebeest Swayne's hartebeest tora hartebeest

Frequently Paired Words

wildebeest

Synonyms

kaama

Questions

How do you pronounce hartebeest?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑːtəbiːst/.
What does hartebeest mean?: A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.
Where does hartebeest come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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