Phrase guide

wild ass

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.

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  • wīld ăsʹ
  • /waɪld ˈæs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ass

Narrower terms: African wild ass, Equus asinus, kiang, Equus kiang, onager, Equus hemionus

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَيْر (ʕayr) — mammal
  • Arabic: فَرَأ (faraʔ) — mammal
  • Arabic: عِلْج (ʕilj) — mammal
  • Arabic: حِمَار بَرِّيّ (ḥimār barriyy) — mammal
  • Arabic: حِمَار وَحْش (ḥimār waḥš) — mammal
  • Aramaic: ܥܪܕܐ (ʿrāḏā) — mammal
  • Aramaic: ערוד (ʿrāḏ) — mammal
  • Aramaic: ערודא (ʿrāḏā) — mammal
  • Aramaic: ארודא (ʾrāḏā) — mammal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野驢 /野驴 (yělǘ) — mammal
  • Finnish: villiaasi — mammal
  • French: âne sauvage — mammal
  • German: Wildesel — mammal
  • Ancient Greek: ὄναγρος (ónagros) — mammal
  • Hebrew: עָרוֹד (ʻārôḏ) — mammal
  • Hebrew: פֶּרֶא (pereʼ) — mammal
  • Manx: assyl feie — mammal
  • Manx: assyl oaldey — mammal
  • Polish: dziki osioł — mammal
  • Russian: ди́кий осёл (díkij osjól) — mammal
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѝвљӣ ма̀гарац — mammal
  • Serbo-Croatian: dìvljī màgarac — mammal
  • Somali: gumburi — mammal
  • Swedish: vildåsna — mammal
  • Turkish: yaban eşeği — mammal
  • Ukrainian: ди́кий осе́л (dýkyj osél) — mammal
  • Ukrainian: ди́кий віслю́к (dýkyj visljúk) — mammal
  • Uyghur: قۇلان (qulan) — mammal