jaguar

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See also: Jaguar, jaguár, jagúar, and jagùar

English

Etymology

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

Jaguar

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

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguars)

  1. jaguar

Further reading

Dutch

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Etymology

Apparently borrowed from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.[1] 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

References

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

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

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

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a jaguar, Panthera onca.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

Polish

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jaguar

Pronunciation

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

Um jaguar

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi îagûara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jawar. 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.

Descendants

  • Catalan: jaguar
  • English: jaguar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jaguar.

Pronunciation

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguari)

  1. jaguar

Declension

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

jȁguār m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гуа̄р)

  1. jaguar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
    Synonyms: yaguareté, otorongo

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

jaguar c

  1. a jaguar (cat)

Declension

References

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

jaguar (definite accusative jaguarı, plural jaguarlar)

  1. jaguar

Declension

Inflection
Nominative jaguar
Definite accusative jaguarı
Singular Plural
Nominative jaguar jaguarlar
Definite accusative jaguarı jaguarları
Dative jaguara jaguarlara
Locative jaguarda jaguarlarda
Ablative jaguardan jaguarlardan
Genitive jaguarın jaguarların
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