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oryx

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

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  • /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/
  • /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 R IH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pasang

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: antelope

Narrower terms: gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella

History

Etymology

From Latin ory̆x, from Ancient Greek ὄρῠξ (órŭx, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَهَاة (mahāh) — antelope
  • Catalan: òrix — antelope
  • Chinese Mandarin: 劍羚 /剑羚 (jiànlíng) — antelope
  • Czech: přímorožec — antelope
  • Dutch: oryx — antelope
  • Egyptian: U2:ir- -Z1 (mꜣ) — antelope
  • Esperanto: orikso — antelope
  • Finnish: keihäsantilooppi — antelope
  • German: Säbelantilope — antelope
  • Greek: όρυξ (óryx) — antelope
  • Ancient Greek: ὄρυξ (órux) — antelope
  • Hebrew: רְאֵם (reém) — antelope
  • Hungarian: orix — antelope
  • Irish: oracs — antelope
  • Italian: orice — antelope
  • Juǀ'hoan: gǃòʼé — antelope
  • Latin: oryx — antelope
  • Lithuanian: oriksas — antelope
  • Malay: oriks — antelope
  • Navajo: jádí bideeneezígíí — antelope
  • Nǀuu: ǃae — antelope
  • Persian: تیزشاخ (tizshãkh) — antelope
  • Middle Persian: hlbwc (xar-buz) — antelope
  • Middle Persian: xrbwz — antelope
  • Polish: oryks — antelope
  • Portuguese: órix — antelope
  • Romanian: oryx — antelope
  • Russian: сернобы́к (sernobýk) — antelope
  • Russian: о́рикс (óriks) — antelope
  • Spanish: órice — antelope
  • Swahili: choroa — antelope
  • Turkish: oriks — antelope
  • Warji: ndalai — antelope