Meanings
plural addaxes
- A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.First known use 17th c.
In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, page 53Synonyms: screwhorn antelope, white antelope
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicأبو عدس
- Frenchaddax
- Englishaddax
From French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”).
More words from French, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech adax
- adaxAddax nasomaculatus
Finnish saharanantilooppi
- saharanantilooppiAddax nasomaculatus
Hebrew דִּישׁוֹן
- דִּישׁוֹן (dishón)Addax nasomaculatus
Irish adacs
- adacsAddax nasomaculatus
Italian antilope dalle corna a vite, addax
- antilope dalle corna a viteAddax nasomaculatus
- addaxAddax nasomaculatus
Latin pȳgargus
- pȳgargusAddax nasomaculatus
Portuguese adax
- adaxAddax nasomaculatus
Romanian addax, adax
- addaxAddax nasomaculatus
- adaxAddax nasomaculatus
Russian а́ддакс, антило́па ме́ндес
- а́ддакс (áddaks)Addax nasomaculatus
- антило́па ме́ндес (antilópa méndes)Addax nasomaculatus
Cite this entry
addax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addax
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