jaguar

English

Etymology

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

jaguar (plural jaguars)

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• jaguarundi
• jaguar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panthera onca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ja‧guar

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguars)

1. jaguar

Further reading

• “jaguar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “jaguar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “jaguar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “jaguar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌɑr/, /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌər/
• (dated in the Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.ɣyˌɑr/

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• Hyphenation: ja‧gu‧ar

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguars, diminutive jaguartje n)

1. jaguar
   • 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 the jaguar is not a tiger;

Derived terms

• weerjaguar

References

Further reading

• “jaguar” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ɡwaʁ/

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Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguars)

1. jaguar (cat)
2. Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)

Noun

jaguar f (plural jaguars)

1. jaguar (car)
2. Jaguar (British car manufacturer)

Further reading

• “jaguar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Further reading

• “jaguar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. a jaguar, Panthera onca.

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Noun

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

1. a jaguar, Panthera onca

References

• “jaguar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

jaguar

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈɡu.ar/

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• Rhymes: -uar
• Syllabification: ja‧gu‧ar
• Homophone: Jaguar

Etymology 1

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

Noun

jaguar m animal

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Jaguar. Genericized trademark.

Noun

jaguar m animal

1. Jaguar car

Declension

Further reading

• jaguar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jaguar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

• Hyphenation: ja‧guar

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)

   Synonyms: onça, onça-pintada

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• jaguara, jaguaraíva, jaguaré, jaguaretê, jaguatirica

Descendants

• → Catalan: jaguar
• → English: jaguar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jaguar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ɡuˈar/

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguari)

1. jaguar

Declension

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

jȁguār m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гуа̄р)

1. jaguar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈɡwaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧guar

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

   Synonyms: yaguareté, otorongo

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

jaguar c

1. a jaguar (cat)

Declension

References

• jaguar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jaguar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jaguar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

jaguar (definite accusative jaguarı, plural jaguarlar)

1. jaguar

Declension