serval

See also: Serval

English

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus (“wolf”) cervarius (“pertaining to a stag”) (wolf that hunts the stag), cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

(UK): IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvəl/
(US): enPR: sûrʹvəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvəl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vəl

Noun

serval (plural servals)

A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

Translations

medium-sized African wild cat

Chinese:
Cantonese: 藪貓, 薮猫 (sau² maau¹)

Mandarin: 藪貓 (zh), 薮猫 (zh) (sǒumāo)
Esperanto: servalo
French: serval (fr) m
German: Serval m
Italian: gattopardo (it) m, servalo
Japanese: サーバル (ja) (sābaru)

Kikuyu: kĩrũũmi class 7
Korean: 서벌 (ko) (seobeol)
Maasai: eseperua f
Malay: serval
Navajo: náshdóítʼą́ʼí łikizhígíí
Portuguese: serval m
Russian: серва́л (ru) m (servál)
Swahili: mondo

Anagrams

arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, slaver, velars, versal

Portuguese

serval

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus (“wolf”) cervarius (“pertaining to a stag”) (wolf that hunts the stag), cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.ˈvaw/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.ˈvaɫ/
Homophone: cerval
Hyphenation: ser‧val

Noun

serval m (plural servais)

serval (Leptailurus serval)

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