ocelot

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English

An ocelot.

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ocelot (plural ocelots)

  1. An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ocelote, from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelots)

  1. ocelot

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: oce‧lot

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelotten, diminutive ocelotje n)

  1. ocelot (mammal)

French

Etymology

Coined by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelots)

  1. ocelot

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Hungarian

ocelot

Pronunciation

Noun

ocelot (plural ocelotok)

  1. ocelot
    Synonym: párducmacska

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ocelot ocelotok
accusative ocelotot ocelotokat
dative ocelotnak ocelotoknak
instrumental ocelottal ocelotokkal
causal-final ocelotért ocelotokért
translative ocelottá ocelotokká
terminative ocelotig ocelotokig
essive-formal ocelotként ocelotokként
essive-modal — —
inessive ocelotban ocelotokban
superessive oceloton ocelotokon
adessive ocelotnál ocelotoknál
illative ocelotba ocelotokba
sublative ocelotra ocelotokra
allative ocelothoz ocelotokhoz
elative ocelotból ocelotokból
delative ocelotról ocelotokról
ablative ocelottól ocelotoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		oceloté ocelotoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		ocelotéi ocelotokéi
Possessive forms of ocelot
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ocelotom ocelotjaim
2nd person sing. ocelotod ocelotjaid
3rd person sing. ocelotja ocelotjai
1st person plural ocelotunk ocelotjaink
2nd person plural ocelototok ocelotjaitok
3rd person plural ocelotjuk ocelotjaik

Italian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Noun

ocelot m (invariable)

  1. ocelot (cat)
    Synonyms: gattopardo, ocellotto

Kashubian

Ocelot.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ocelot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.lɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɔt
  • Syllabification: o‧ce‧lot

Noun

ocelot m animal

  1. ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

References

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ocelot”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.lɔt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɔt
  • Syllabification: o‧ce‧lot

Noun

ocelot m animal

  1. ocelot (mammal)

Declension

Declension of ocelot
singular plural
nominative ocelot oceloty
genitive ocelota ocelotów
dative ocelotowi ocelotom
accusative ocelota oceloty
instrumental ocelotem ocelotami
locative ocelocie ocelotach
vocative ocelocie oceloty

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ocelot.

Noun

ocelot m (plural oceloți)

  1. ocelot

Declension

Declension of ocelot
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ocelot ocelotul oceloți oceloții
genitive-dative ocelot ocelotului oceloți oceloților
vocative ocelotule oceloților
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