noun · 3 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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US:/ˈwɑpɪti/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The American elk (Cervus canadensis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elk, red deer, wawaskeesh
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: red deer, elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deer, cervid
Narrower terms: hart, stag, hind, brocket
3
noun
Meaning 3
large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deer, cervid
History
Etymology
From Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Western Apache:
bį́į́h naldee'
— the American elk
Blackfoot:
ponoká
— the American elk
Bulgarian:
канадски елен
(kanadski elen)
— the American elk
Cherokee:
ᎠᏫ ᎡᏆ
(awi equa)
— the American elk
Cheyenne:
mo'éhe
— the American elk
Chinese Mandarin:
加拿大馬鹿 /加拿大马鹿
(Jiānádà mǎlù)
— the American elk
Plains-Cree:
wâwâskesiw
— the American elk
Dutch:
wapiti
— the American elk
Dutch:
wapitihert
— the American elk
Esperanto:
kanada cervo
— the American elk
Estonian:
vapiti
— the American elk
Finnish:
vapiti
— the American elk
Finnish:
kanadanhirvi
— the American elk
French:
wapiti
— the American elk
German:
Wapiti
— the American elk
Greek:
μεγάλο ελάφι
(megálo eláfi)
— the American elk
Greek:
μεγάλη έλαφος
(megáli élafos)
— the American elk
Greenlandic:
tuttu
— the American elk
Hawaiian:
ʻēleka
— the American elk
Hindi:
गोज़न
(gozan)
— the American elk
Hungarian:
vapiti
— the American elk
Irish:
vaipití
— the American elk
Italian:
vapiti
— the American elk
Korean:
와피티사슴
(wapitisaseum)
— the American elk
Lakota:
heȟáka
— the American elk
Macedonian:
се́верен е́лен
(séveren élen)
— the American elk
Michif:
biche
— the American elk
Navajo:
dzééh
— the American elk
Osage:
𐓪́𐓬𐓸𐓘͘ (ópxą)
— the American elk
Polish:
wapiti
— the American elk
Portuguese:
uapiti
— the American elk
Portuguese:
wapiti
— the American elk
Romanian:
wapiti
— the American elk
Russian:
оле́нь
(olénʹ)
— the American elk
Russian:
благоро́дный оле́нь
(blagoródnyj olénʹ)
— the American elk
Russian:
настоя́щий оле́нь
(nastojáščij olénʹ)
— the American elk
Russian:
вапити
(vapiti)
— the American elk
Spanish:
uapití
— the American elk
Spanish:
wapití
— the American elk
Swedish:
wapiti
— the American elk
Swedish:
wapitihjort
— the American elk
Swedish:
vapiti
— the American elk
Tagalog:
wapiti
— the American elk
Tewa:
taa
— the American elk
Tibetan:
ཤྭ་བ་རྔ་རིང
(shwa ba rnga ring)
— the American elk