jaguar

See also: Jaguar, jaguár, jagúar, and jagùar

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.jʊə/, /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.juː.ə/, /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.juː.ɑː/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.wɑɹ/, /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.(j)u.ɑɹ/, (dialectally) /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.waɪɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun[edit]

jaguar (plural jaguars)

A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.

Derived terms[edit]

European jaguar

Translations[edit]

Panthera onca

Afrikaans: jaguar (af)
Arabic: يغور m (yağwar)
Hijazi Arabic: جَقْوَر m (jagwar)
Araona: iba
Armenian: յագուար (hy) (yaguar)
Asturian: xaguar (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yaquar (az)
Borôro: adügo
Bulgarian: ягуа́р (bg) m (jaguár)
Catalan: jaguar (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美洲豹 (zh) (měizhōubào)
Czech: jaguár (cs) m
Danish: jaguar c
Dutch: jaguar (nl) m
Esperanto: jaguaro
Estonian: jaaguar (et)
Faroese: jaguarur m
Finnish: jaguaari (fi)
French: jaguar (fr) m
Galician: xaguar (gl) m
Georgian: იაგუარი (iaguari)
German: Jaguar (de) m
Greek: ιαγουάρος (el) m (iagouáros), τζάγκουαρ (el) m (tzágkouar)
Hebrew: יגואר (he)
Hindi: जैगुआर (jaiguār)
Huaorani: mẽnẽ
Hungarian: jaguár (hu)
Indonesian: jaguar (id)
Irish: iaguar m
Isthmus Zapotec: beedxeʼ
Italian: giaguaro (it)
Japanese: ジャガー (ja) (jagā), アメリカ豹 (amerikahyō)
Kaqchikel: b’alam
Korean: 재규어 (ko) (jaegyueo)
Latvian: jaguārs m
Macedonian: јагуар m (jaguar)
Malay: jaguar
Maltese: ġagwar m
Mamaindé: jañan
Mapudungun: nawel
Mayan: B'alam
Mayo: yóoko
Nahuatl:
Central: ocelotl

Central Huasteca: oselotl

Classical: ocelotl

Western Huasteca: tekuajketl
Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ náshdóítsoh łikizhígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jaguar (no) m

Nynorsk: jaguar m
Occitan: jaguar (oc) m
Old Tupi: îagûara
Paumarí: jomahi hiihiha f
Polish: jaguar (pl) m
Portuguese: jaguar (pt) m, onça (pt) f
Quechua: uturunku, uthurunku
Romanian: jaguar (ro) m
Russian: ягуа́р (ru) m (jaguár)
Saliba (Colombia): ũpu
Serbo-Croatian: jaguar (sh) m
Sicilian: sciaguaru m
Spanish: jaguar (es) m, tigre (es) m (Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, especially rural usage), yaguareté (es) m (Argentina, Paraguay)
Swahili: jagwa
Swedish: jaguar (sv) c
Tagalog: haguwar
Tariana: yawi
Thai: เสือจากัวร์ (th) (suea cha kua)
Turkish: jaguar (tr)
Vietnamese: báo đốm, báo đốm châu Mỹ
Warao: tobe
Yao (South America): aroua
Yucatec Maya: báalam

References[edit]

^ “jaguar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈɣwar]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒaˈɣwar]
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Hyphenation: ja‧guar

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (plural jaguars)

jaguar

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology[edit]

Apparently borrowed from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.^[1] The contemporary pronunciation derives from English jaguar.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌɑr/, /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌər/
(dated in the Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.ɣyˌɑr/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ja‧gu‧ar

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (plural jaguars, diminutive jaguartje n)

jaguar [from late 18th c.]
- 1777, De Buffon, De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, vol. 5, part 1, tr. from French, J. H. Schneider (publ.), page 5.
  Wat den puma en den jaguar betreft, het blykt duidelyk uit de beſchryvingen van hun, die deze dieren gezien hebben, dat de puma geen leeuw is, en de jaguar geen tyger; […]
  As for the puma and the jaguar, it clearly appears from the descriptions by them, who have seen these animals, that the cougar is not a lion, and [that] the jaguar is not a tiger; […]

Derived terms[edit]

weerjaguar

References[edit]

^ “jaguar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʒa.ɡwaʁ/
Audio (FR) (file)

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (plural jaguars)

jaguar (cat)
Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)

Noun[edit]

jaguar f (plural jaguars)

jaguar (car)
Jaguar (British car manufacturer)

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English jaguar, from Portuguese, from Old Tupi jaguara.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɡua(r)/
Rhymes: -ua(r), -wa(r), -a(r)

Noun[edit]

jaguar (Jawi spelling جاݢوار, plural jaguar-jaguar, informal 1st possessive jaguarku, 2nd possessive jaguarmu, 3rd possessive jaguarnya)

jaguar (Panthera onca)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (definite singular jaguaren, indefinite plural jaguarer, definite plural jaguarene)

a jaguar, Panthera onca.

References[edit]

“jaguar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“jaguar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (definite singular jaguaren, indefinite plural jaguarar, definite plural jaguarane)

a jaguar, Panthera onca

References[edit]

“jaguar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /jaˈɡu.ar/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -uar
Syllabification: ja‧gu‧ar
Homophone: Jaguar

Etymology 1[edit]

Internationalism; compare English jaguar, French jaguar, German Jaguar, ultimately from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Noun[edit]

jaguar m animal

jaguar (Panthera onca)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English Jaguar. Genericized trademark.

Noun[edit]

jaguar m animal

Jaguar car

Declension[edit]

Declension of jaguar

	singular	plural
nominative	jaguar	jaguary
genitive	jaguara	jaguarów
dative	jaguarowi	jaguarom
accusative	jaguara	jaguary
instrumental	jaguarem	jaguarami
locative	jaguarze	jaguarach
vocative	jaguarze	jaguary

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Old Tupi îagûara. Doublet of jaguara.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈɡwaʁ/ [ʒaˈɡwah]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈɡwaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈɡwaʁ/ [ʒaˈɡwaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈɡwaɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈɡwaɾ/ [ʒaˈɣwaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈɡwa.ɾi/ [ʒaˈɣwa.ɾi]

Hyphenation: ja‧guar

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)
Synonyms: onça, onça-pintada

Usage notes[edit]

In Brazil, jaguars are more commonly called onça or onça-pintada, and jaguar is mainly used in literature.

Related terms[edit]

jaguara, jaguaraíva, jaguaré, jaguaretê, jaguatirica

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: jaguar
→ English: jaguar

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French jaguar.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʒa.ɡuˈar/

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (plural jaguari)

jaguar

Declension[edit]

Declension of jaguar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jaguar	jaguarul	(niște) jaguari	jaguarii
genitive/dative	(unui) jaguar	jaguarului	(unor) jaguari	jaguarilor
vocative	jaguarule		jaguarilor

References[edit]

jaguar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /jâɡuaːr/
Hyphenation: ja‧gu‧ar

Noun[edit]

jȁguār m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гуа̄р)

jaguar

Declension[edit]

Declension of jaguar

	singular	plural
nominative	jaguar	jaguari
genitive	jaguara	jaguara
dative	jaguaru	jaguarima
accusative	jaguara	jaguare
vocative	jaguaru	jaguari
locative	jaguaru	jaguarima
instrumental	jaguarom	jaguarima

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /xaˈɡwaɾ/ [xaˈɣ̞waɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ja‧guar

Noun[edit]

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

jaguar (Panthera onca)
Synonyms: yaguareté, otorongo

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

jaguar c

a jaguar (cat)

Declension[edit]

Declension of jaguar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	jaguar	jaguaren	jaguarer	jaguarerna
Genitive	jaguars	jaguarens	jaguarers	jaguarernas

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish ژاغوآر (jaguar), from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ʒɑ.ɡʊ.ɑɾ]
Audio (file)

Noun[edit]

jaguar (definite accusative jaguarı, plural jaguarlar)

jaguar

Declension[edit]

Inflection

Nominative

jaguar

Definite accusative

jaguarı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

jaguar

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	jaguarım	jaguarlarım
2nd singular	jaguarın	jaguarların
3rd singular	jaguarı	jaguarları
1st plural	jaguarımız	jaguarlarımız
2nd plural	jaguarınız	jaguarlarınız
3rd plural	jaguarları	jaguarları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	jaguarımı	jaguarlarımı
2nd singular	jaguarını	jaguarlarını
3rd singular	jaguarını	jaguarlarını
1st plural	jaguarımızı	jaguarlarımızı
2nd plural	jaguarınızı	jaguarlarınızı
3rd plural	jaguarlarını	jaguarlarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	jaguarıma	jaguarlarıma
2nd singular	jaguarına	jaguarlarına
3rd singular	jaguarına	jaguarlarına
1st plural	jaguarımıza	jaguarlarımıza
2nd plural	jaguarınıza	jaguarlarınıza
3rd plural	jaguarlarına	jaguarlarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	jaguarımda	jaguarlarımda
2nd singular	jaguarında	jaguarlarında
3rd singular	jaguarında	jaguarlarında
1st plural	jaguarımızda	jaguarlarımızda
2nd plural	jaguarınızda	jaguarlarınızda
3rd plural	jaguarlarında	jaguarlarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	jaguarımdan	jaguarlarımdan
2nd singular	jaguarından	jaguarlarından
3rd singular	jaguarından	jaguarlarından
1st plural	jaguarımızdan	jaguarlarımızdan
2nd plural	jaguarınızdan	jaguarlarınızdan
3rd plural	jaguarlarından	jaguarlarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	jaguarımın	jaguarlarımın
2nd singular	jaguarının	jaguarlarının
3rd singular	jaguarının	jaguarlarının
1st plural	jaguarımızın	jaguarlarımızın
2nd plural	jaguarınızın	jaguarlarınızın
3rd plural	jaguarlarının	jaguarlarının

[1] “jaguar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

[2] “jaguar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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