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kudu

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈkuːduː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːduː

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: koodoo, koudou

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: antelope

Narrower terms: greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, lesser kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis

History

Etymology

Ultimately Khoekhoe kudu-b, through Afrikaans koedoe and French koudou.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: koedoe — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Arabic: مُرَامِرِيّ (murāmiriyy) — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Bulgarian: куду (kudu) — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Czech: kudu — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Dutch: koedoe — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • French: koudou — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • German: Kudu — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Italian: cudù — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Italian: kudu — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Nandi: solgoi — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Navajo: jádítsoh — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Portuguese: cudo — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Portuguese: goma — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Portuguese: olongo — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Romanian: kudu — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Shona: nhoro — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Spanish: kudú — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Swahili: tandala — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Swazi: lishongololo — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Tagalog: kudu — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Xhosa: iqhude — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros
  • Zulu: umgankla — Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros