gacel
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈθel/ [ɡaˈθel] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈsel/ [ɡaˈsel] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: ga‧cel
Noun
gacel m (plural gaceles)
- male gazelle
Related terms
Further reading
- “gacel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025