serval

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serval

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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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

serval

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• IPA^(key):

serval m anim

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

serval

1. masculine singular past active participle of servat

• “serval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “serval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “serval”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

serval

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Borrowed from Latin serval.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ser‧val

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval, Leptailurus serval

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

• servalkat

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

Borrowed from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.val/

• Audio (Switzerland):

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serval m (plural servaux)

1. serval

• → English: serval
• → German: Serval
• → Portuguese: serval
• Translingual: Felis serval

• “serval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 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)

Borrowed from French serval.

• IPA^(key): /serˈval/

serval m (plural servali)

1. serval

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

Borrowed 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”).

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈbal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ser‧val

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

• “serval”, 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