different between liger vs ocelot

English

Etymology

Blend of lion +? tiger

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?la???/
• Rhymes: -a???(r)

Noun

liger (plural ligers)

1. An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.

Hyponyms

• ligress

Translations

See also

• tigon

References

• liger at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Rigel, e-girl, egirl, elrig, girle

Latin

Verb

liger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lig?

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *levi?rius, from Classical Latin levis (“light; not heavy”). Compare French léger.

Adjective

liger m (feminine singular ligera, masculine plural ligers, feminine plural ligeras)

1. (Puter, Vallader) light (of weight)
2. (Puter, Vallader) easy

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lev
• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

Etymology 2

From Latin leg?, legere.

Verb

liger

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to read

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
• (Puter) ler

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ligero.

Adjective

liger

1. light (not heavy)
2. swift, quick-acting (of a person)

Adverb

liger

1. quick

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249

English

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s?l?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???s?l??t/

Noun

ocelot (plural ocelots)

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

Synonyms

• chati

Translations

Further reading

• ocelot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Felis pardalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Felis pardalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• coleto

Dutch

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oce?lot

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelotten, diminutive ocelotje n)

1. ocelot (mammal)

French

Etymology

Coined by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.slo/, /o.slo/

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelots)

1. ocelot

Further reading

• “ocelot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ot?s?lot]
• Hyphenation: oce?lot
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

ocelot (plural ocelotok)

1. ocelot

Declension

Synonyms

• párducmacska

Italian

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Noun

ocelot m (invariable)

1. ocelot (cat)

   Synonyms: gattopardo, ocellotto

Polish

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Noun

ocelot m anim

1. ocelot (mammal)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French ocelot

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelo?i)

1. ocelot

Declension