gacel

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈθel/ [ɡaˈθel] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈsel/ [ɡaˈsel] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ga‧cel

Noun

gacel m (plural gaceles)

1. male gazelle

Related terms

• gacela

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