nilgai

Questions about nilgai

What does nilgai mean?

nilgai means "large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns".

How many syllables are in nilgai?

nilgai has 2 syllables and divides as nil-gai under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nilgai?

Close synonyms include nylghai, nylghau, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nilgai a common word?

nilgai is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.