nilgai
/ˈnɪlɡaɪ/noun
nilgai is spelled N-I-L-G-A-I: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nilgai means “A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nilgai is nilgais.
How many letters and syllables are in nilgai?
| Letters | 6: N-I-L-G-A-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nilgai?
Nilgai appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nilgai?
- /ˈnɪlɡaɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with nilgai?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nilgai.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ailing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nilgai
- nilgais plural
- nilghai
- nilghau
- nilgau
- nylghau
- nylgau
- neelghau
- neelgye
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nilgai mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nilgai in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense large antelope of northern India:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nilgai come from?
From Hindi नीलगाय (nīlgāy, “nilgai”), from नीला (nīlā, “blue”) + गाय (gāy, “cow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).