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klipspringer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/

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noun

Meaning 1

A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans klipspringer, from Dutch klipspringer, both literally meaning "rock-jumper".

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: klipspringer — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Amharic: ሰስ (säs) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Bulgarian: клипшпрингер (klipšpringer) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Catalan: antílop salta-roques — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山羚 (shānlíng) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Czech: skálolez skákavý — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Danish: klippespringer — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Dutch: klipspringer — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Finnish: kalliohyppijä — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • French: oréotrague — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • French: sassa — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Georgian: კლიპშპრინგერი (ḳliṗšṗringeri) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • German: Klippspringer — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Hadza: qqamâkho — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Hebrew: צְבִי סְלָעִים (tsví sla'ím) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Hungarian: sziklaugró antilop — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Hungarian: szassza — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Italian: saltarupe — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Italian: oreotrago — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Japanese: クリップスプリンガー (kurippusupuringā) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Kazakh: секіргіш киік (sekırgış kiık) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Korean: 바위타기영양 (bawitagiyeong'yang) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Kyrgyz: түйүлчөк жейрен (tüyülcök jeyren) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Lithuanian: antilopė šoklė — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Polish: koziołek skalny — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Portuguese: cabrito-das-pedras — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Portuguese: conca — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Romanian: antilopă-de-munte — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Russian: антило́па-прыгу́н (antilópa-prygún) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Russian: клиппшпрингер (klippšpringer) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Serbo-Croatian: антѝлопа камѐњарка — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Serbo-Croatian: antìlopa kamènjarka — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Shona: ngururu — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Spanish: saltarrocas — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Swahili: mbuzi mawe — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Swahili: ngurunguru — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Swedish: klippspringare — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Tagalog: saltarokas — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Thai: คลิปสปริงเงอร์ (klíp sà-bpring nger) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Tigre: አምበርሀጋ (ʾämbärhäga) — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Tswana: mokabaowane — Oreotragus oreotragus
  • Zulu: igogo — Oreotragus oreotragus