Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns
Similar
Capra ibex
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinībex“chamois”
- Englishibex
From Latin ībex (“chamois”), possibly from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Spanish bezerro (“bull”) (modern becerro (“yearling”)).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek αἴγαγρος
- αἴγαγρος (aígagros)type of wild mountain goat
Arabic وَعِل
- وَعِل (waʕil)type of wild mountain goat
Basque basahuntz
- basahuntztype of wild mountain goat
Bulgarian ко́зирог
- ко́зирог (kózirog)type of wild mountain goat
Catalan cabra alpina
- cabra alpinatype of wild mountain goat
Czech kozorožec
- kozorožectype of wild mountain goat
Danish stenbuk
- stenbuktype of wild mountain goat
Dutch steenbok, ibex
- steenboktype of wild mountain goat
- ibextype of wild mountain goat
Esperanto ibekso, alpa kapro
- ibeksotype of wild mountain goat
- alpa kaprotype of wild mountain goat
Estonian kaljukits
- kaljukitstype of wild mountain goat
Finnish vuohi, vuorikauris
- vuohitype of wild mountain goat
- vuorikauristype of wild mountain goat
French bouquetin
- bouquetintype of wild mountain goat
German Steinbock
- Steinbocktype of wild mountain goat
Greek αίγαγρος
- αίγαγρος (aígagros)type of wild mountain goat
Hebrew יעל
- יעל (ya'él)type of wild mountain goat
Hungarian kőszáli kecske, vadkecske
- kőszáli kecsketype of wild mountain goat
- vadkecsketype of wild mountain goat
Icelandic fjallageit
- fjallageittype of wild mountain goat
Irish ibeach
- ibeachtype of wild mountain goat
Italian stambecco
- stambeccotype of wild mountain goat
Latvian kalnu āzis
- kalnu āzistype of wild mountain goat
Lithuanian ožiaragis
- ožiaragistype of wild mountain goat
Malay kambing gurun
- kambing guruntype of wild mountain goat
Norwegian steinbukk
- steinbukktype of wild mountain goat
Persian پازن, پاژن
- پازن (pâzen)type of wild mountain goat
- پاژن (pâžen)type of wild mountain goat
Polish koziorożec
- koziorożectype of wild mountain goat
Portuguese cabra-montês, cabra alpina
- cabra-montêstype of wild mountain goat
- cabra alpinatype of wild mountain goat
- cabra bravatype of wild mountain goat
- íbextype of wild mountain goat
Romanian capră de stâncă, ibex
- capră de stâncătype of wild mountain goat
- ibextype of wild mountain goat
Russian го́рный альпи́йский козёл
- го́рный альпи́йский козёл (górnyj alʹpíjskij kozjól)type of wild mountain goat
Slovak kozorožec horský
- kozorožec horskýtype of wild mountain goat
Spanish íbice, ibex
- íbicetype of wild mountain goat
- ibextype of wild mountain goat
Swedish alpstenbock
- alpstenbocktype of wild mountain goat
Turkish dağ keçisi
- dağ keçisitype of wild mountain goat
Ukrainian гірский альпійский цап, гірский альпійский козел
- гірский альпійский цап (hirskyj alʹpijskyj cap)type of wild mountain goat
- гірский альпійский козел (hirskyj alʹpijskyj kozel)type of wild mountain goat
Welsh alpafr
- alpafrtype of wild mountain goat
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APA
ibex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ibex
MLA
“ibex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ibex. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ibex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ibex.
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