Meanings
nounoryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges)
plural oryxes · plural rare oryges
- Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns
Synonyms: sabre antelope
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns
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sabre antelope
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Origin
- Ancient Greekὄρῠξ“a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”
- Latinory̆x
- Englishoryx
From Latin ory̆x, from Ancient Greek ὄρῠξ (órŭx, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).
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Ancient Greek ὄρυξ
- ὄρυξ (órux)antelope
Arabic مَهَاة
- مَهَاة (mahāh)antelope
Catalan òrix
- òrixantelope
Chinese Mandarin 劍羚 /剑羚
- 劍羚 /剑羚 (jiànlíng)antelope
Czech přímorožec
- přímorožecantelope
Dutch oryx
- oryxantelope
Esperanto orikso
- oriksoantelope
Finnish keihäsantilooppi
- keihäsantilooppiantelope
German Säbelantilope
- Säbelantilopeantelope
Greek όρυξ
- όρυξ (óryx)antelope
Hebrew רְאֵם
- רְאֵם (reém)antelope
Hungarian orix
- orixantelope
Irish oracs
- oracsantelope
Italian orice
- oriceantelope
Latin oryx
- oryxantelope
Lithuanian oriksas
- oriksasantelope
Malay oriks
- oriksantelope
Persian تیزشاخ
- تیزشاخ (tizshãkh)antelope
Polish oryks
- oryksantelope
Portuguese órix
- órixantelope
Romanian oryx
- oryxantelope
Russian сернобы́к, о́рикс
- сернобы́к (sernobýk)antelope
- о́рикс (óriks)antelope
Spanish órice
- óriceantelope
Swahili choroa
- choroaantelope
Turkish oriks
- oriksantelope
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Cite this entry
APA
oryx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oryx
MLA
“oryx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oryx. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oryx,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oryx.
Source: oryx on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.