different between caracal vs serval

English

Etymology

From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish ?????????? (kara-kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Persian ????????? (siyâh-guš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka??kal/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??kæl/

Noun

caracal (plural caracals)

1. A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.

Synonyms

• African lynx, Asian lynx, Persian lynx, Indian lynx, desert lynx (varying with location); lynx (improper)

Translations

References

• caracal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caracal on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Caracal on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caracal caracal in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• caracal at OneLook Dictionary Search
• caracal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish ?????????? (kara kulak), a calque of Persian ????????? (siyah guš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.ra??k?l/
• Hyphenation: ca?ra?cal

Noun

caracal m (plural caracals, diminutive caracalletje n)

1. caracal, Caracal caracal

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

Hypernyms

• katachtige

French

Etymology

From Turkish karakulak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?a.kal/
• Hyphenation: ca?ra?cal

Noun

caracal m (plural caracals)

1. caracal

Synonyms

• lynx du désert
• lynx de Perse

Italian

Etymology

From Turkish karakulak.

Noun

caracal m (invariable)

1. caracal

   Synonym: lince persiana

Anagrams

• acclara
• calcara

Portuguese

Etymology

From Turkish karakulak.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.?a.?kaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k?.??.?ka?/
• Hyphenation: ca?ra?cal

Noun

caracal m (plural caracais)

1. caracal (Caracal caracal)

   Synonym: lince-do-deserto

English

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cerv?rius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?s??v?l/
• (US): enPR: sûr?v?l, IPA^(key): /?s?v?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?l

Noun

serval (plural servals)

1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

Translations

Anagrams

• arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, slaver, velars, versal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?rval]

Verb

serval

1. masculine singular past participle of servat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.v?l/
• Hyphenation: ser?val

Noun

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval, Leptailurus serval

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

Derived terms

• servalkat

Portuguese

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus (“wolf”) cervarius (“pertaining to a stag”) (wolf that hunts the stag), cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /se?.?vaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s??.?va?/
• Homophone: cerval
• Hyphenation: ser?val

Noun

serval m (plural servais)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

Spanish

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cerv?rius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Noun

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

Related terms

• ciervo