serval
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK): IPA(key): /ˈsɜːvəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US): enPR: sûrʹvəl, IPA(key): /ˈsɝvəl/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vəl
Noun[edit]
serval (plural servals)
- A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
serval m anim
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle[edit]
serval
Further reading[edit]
- serval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- serval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- serval in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serval m (plural servals)
- serval, Leptailurus serval
- Synonym: woestijnlynx
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “serval” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serval m (plural servaux)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: serval
- → German: Serval
- → Portuguese: serval
- Translingual: Felis serval
Further reading[edit]
- “serval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”).[1][2] See more on the doublet of cerval.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serval m (plural servais)
References[edit]
- ^ “serval” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “serval” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serval m (plural servali)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) serval | servalul | (niște) servali | servalii |
genitive/dative | (unui) serval | servalului | (unor) servali | servalilor |
vocative | servalule | servalilor |
Further reading[edit]
- serval in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serval m (plural servales)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “serval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)vəl
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)vəl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Felids
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech hard masculine animate nouns
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech past active participles
- cs:Felids
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Felids
- French terms borrowed from Portuguese
- French terms derived from Portuguese
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Felids
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms borrowed back into Portuguese
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Rhymes:Portuguese/al
- Rhymes:Portuguese/al/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/2 syllables
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Felids
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Felids
- Spanish terms borrowed from French
- Spanish terms derived from French
- Spanish terms derived from Portuguese
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/al
- Rhymes:Spanish/al/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Felids