cerval

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈvaw/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈvaw/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈval/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈbal/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈva.li/

Homophone: serval
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (plural cervais)

cervine
(figurative) ferocious

Derived terms

Descendants

French: serval
- → English: serval
- → German: Serval
- → Portuguese: serval
- Translingual: Felis serval

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbal/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈbal/
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervales)

deerlike; deer; cervine
tremendous (fear)

Derived terms

cervalmente

Further reading

“cerval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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