ocelot

ocelot

English

An ocelot.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒsəlɒt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsəlɑt/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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.

Synonyms

• chati

Translations

feline carnivore

Bulgarian: оцелот m (ocelot) Catalan: ocelot m Chinese: Mandarin: 虎貓／虎猫 (hǔmāo), 豹貓／豹猫 (zh) (bàomáo) Czech: ocelot m Dutch: ocelot (nl) m, pardelkat (nl) f Esperanto: oceloto Finnish: oselotti (fi) French: ocelot (fr) m German: Ozelot (de) m Hungarian: ocelot (hu), párducmacska Irish: osalat m Italian: ocelot (it) m, ocelotto m, ozelot (it) m, gattopardo americano m Japanese: オセロット (ja) (oserotto) Malay: oselot Maltese: oselot m Nahuatl: tlalocelotl (nah) Navajo: náshdóí łikizhígíí Polish: ocelot (pl) m Portuguese: jaguatirica (pt) f, gato-do-mato m, ocelote m Romanian: ocelot (ro) m Russian: оцело́т (ru) m (ocelót) Spanish: (especially Mexico, formal in other countries) ocelote (es) m, (Colombian Llanos, Venezuela) cunaguaro m, (Argentina, Paraguay) gato onza m, (Panama, Costa Rica) manigordo m, (Bolivia) tigrecillo m, (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru) tigrillo m Swedish: ozelot (sv) c

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• coleto

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.səˈlɔt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.səˈlɔt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.seˈlɔt/

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelots)

1. ocelot

Further reading

• “ocelot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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)

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.slo/, /o.slo/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelots)

1. ocelot

Further reading

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

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Hungarian

ocelot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈot͡sɛlot]
• Hyphenation: oce‧lot
• Rhymes: -ot

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

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Italian

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

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Kashubian

Ocelot.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ocelot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.lɔt/
• Hyphenation: o‧ce‧lot

Noun

ocelot m anim

1. ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

References

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

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Polish

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 anim

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French ocelot.

Noun

ocelot m (plural oceloți)

1. ocelot

Declension

Declension of ocelot

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ocelot	ocelotul	(niște) oceloți	oceloții
genitive/dative	(unui) ocelot	ocelotului	(unor) oceloți	oceloților
vocative	ocelotule		oceloților