rhebok

English

Alternative forms

• reebok, rhebuck
• rehboc, rheeboc (archaic, given as alternative forms in Webster 1913)

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), from Middle Dutch reeboc. Doublet of roebuck.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Why the rh? Mere analogy with Greek roots?

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.bɒk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.bɑk/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.bɔk/

Noun

A rhebok

rhebok (plural rheboks)

1. A medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.

Synonyms

• grey rhebok, grey rhebuck
• peele (obsolete)

Translations

Pelea capreolus

• Afrikaans: vaalribbok (af)
• Dutch: reebokantilope (nl)
• Finnish: kaurisantilooppi (fi), vuohiantilooppi
• Italian: antilope capriolo f
• Swedish: råbocksantilop c
• Zulu: inxala