margay

margay

English

Leopardus wiedii

Etymology

From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

margay (plural margays)

1. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America.

   Synonyms: kuichua, tree ocelot, tiger cat

Translations

Leopardus wiedii

Chinese: Mandarin: 長尾虎貓／长尾虎猫 (chángwěi hǔmāo) Dutch: margay (nl) Esperanto: margajo French: margay (fr) m, chat-tigre (fr) m, chat sauvage de la Nouvelle Espagne m German: Langschwanzkatze f Greek: µάργκεϊ n (µárgkeï) Irish: margae m Italian: margay m Japanese: マーゲイ (ja) (margay) Malay: margay Maltese: margaj m Polish: ocelot nadrzewny (pl) m, margaj (pl) m Portuguese: gato-maracajá m Spanish: gato tigre m, tigrillo m, cunaguaro m, caucel m, maracayá m, margay (es) m Swedish: margaykatt c

Anagrams

• Magyar

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French

Noun

margay m (plural margays)

1. margay

Further reading

• “margay”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from or related to Portuguese maracajá, ultimately from Old Tupi marakaîá. Doublet of maracayá.

Noun

margay m (plural margays or margayes)

1. margay

   Synonyms: gato tigre, tigrillo, cunaguaro, caucel, maracayá

Further reading

• “margay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014