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okapi

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /oʊˈkɑpi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-South-African: /əʊˈkɑːpi/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A ruminant (Okapia johnstoni) found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on the hindquarters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Congolese giraffe, forest giraffe, zebra giraffe

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Okapia johnstoni

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Mvuba okapi.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Armenian: օկապի (ōkapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Assamese: অকাপী (okapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Asturian: ocapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Basque: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Bulgarian: окапи (okapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Catalan: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Catalan: ocapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Chinese Cantonese: 㺢㹢狓 (fok3 gaa1 pei4) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Chinese Mandarin: 㺢㹢狓 (huōjiāpí, huòjiāpí) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Czech: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Danish: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Dutch: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Esperanto: okapio — Okapia johnstoni
  • Estonian: okaapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Finnish: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • French: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Galician: ocapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Georgian: ოკაპი (oḳaṗi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • German: Okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Greek: οκάπι (okápi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Greek: οκαπία (okapía) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Hebrew: אוקאפי (okapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Hebrew: אוקפי (okapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Hindi: ओकापी (okāpī) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Hungarian: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Icelandic: ókapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Ido: okapio — Okapia johnstoni
  • Indonesian: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Italian: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Japanese: オカピ (okapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Korean: 오카피 (okapi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Latvian: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Lingala: mondonga — Okapia johnstoni
  • Lithuanian: okapija — Okapia johnstoni
  • Malagasy: ôkapy — Okapia johnstoni
  • Malay: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Malayalam: ഓകാപി (ōkāpi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Norwegian Bokmål: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Polish: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Portuguese: ocapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Romanian: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Russian: ока́пи (okápi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Serbo-Croatian: ока̀пи — Okapia johnstoni
  • Serbo-Croatian: okàpi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Slovak: okapia — Okapia johnstoni
  • Slovene: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Spanish: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Spanish: ocapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Swahili: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Swedish: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Sylheti: ꠅꠇꠣꠙꠤ (oxafi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Tagalog: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Tamil: ஓக்காப்பி (ōkkāppi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Thai: โอคาพี — Okapia johnstoni
  • Turkish: okapi — Okapia johnstoni
  • Ukrainian: ока́пі (okápi) — Okapia johnstoni
  • Vietnamese: hươu đùi vằn — Okapia johnstoni
  • Welsh: ocapi — Okapia johnstoni