serval

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”).

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvəl/

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

serval (plural servals)

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛrval]

serval m anim

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

• servalí

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

serval

1. masculine singular past participle of servat

• serval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• serval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin serval.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/

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• Hyphenation: ser‧val

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval, Leptailurus serval

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

• servalkat

serval m (plural servaux)

1. serval

• “serval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”).[1][2] See more on the doublet of cerval.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: cerval
• Hyphenation: ser‧val

serval m (plural servais)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

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”).

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

• ciervo

• “serval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014