serval

serval

See also: Serval and seřval

English

a serval at a zoo in Queensland, Australia

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvəl/

• Audio (Berkshire, UK))

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• (US): enPR: sûrʹvəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvəl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vəl

Noun

serval (plural servals)

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

Translations

medium-sized African wild cat

Afrikaans: tierboskat Chinese: Cantonese: 藪貓, 薮猫 (sau2 maau1) Mandarin: 藪貓／薮猫 (zh) (sǒumāo) Dagbani: sulipiɛlli Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: serval (nl) m, woestijnlynx m Dyula: jakumawara Esperanto: servalo Farefare: saasaa Finnish: servaali (fi) French: serval (fr) m German: Serval m Irish: seirbheal m Italian: gattopardo (it) m, servalo (it) Japanese: サーバル (ja) (sābaru) Karang: ɗakli Kasem: ŋwarɩm Kikuyu: kĩrũũmi class 7 Korean: 서벌 (ko) (seobeol) Maasai: eseperua f Malay: serval Moore: sulfu Musgu: ámíl Nawdm: yuŋgwɛɛga Pévé: merian Polish: serwal (pl) Portuguese: serval m Russian: серва́л (ru) m (servál) Soninke: wanjalanŋe Southwestern Dinka: dhok Spanish: serval m Swahili: mondo, mondo class 9/10 Swazi: indloti Swedish: serval (sv) c Turkish: serval Zulu: indlozi (zu) class 9/10

Anagrams

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛrval]

Noun

serval m anim

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

Declension

Declension of serval

	singular	plural
nominative	serval	servalové
genitive	servala	servalů
dative	servalovi, servalu	servalům
accusative	servala	servaly
vocative	servale	servalové
locative	servalovi, servalu	servalech
instrumental	servalem	servaly

Derived terms

• servalí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serval

1. masculine singular past participle of servat

Further reading

• serval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• serval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ser‧val

Noun

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval, Leptailurus serval

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

Derived terms

• servalkat

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French

Noun

serval m (plural servaux)

1. serval

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

serval

Etymology

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”).[1][2] See more on the doublet of cerval.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈvaw/ [seɾˈvaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seʁˈvaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈvaw/ [seɻˈvaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈval/ [sɨɾˈvaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: cerval
• Hyphenation: ser‧val

Noun

serval m (plural servais)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

References

1. “serval” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “serval” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

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”).

Noun

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

Related terms

• ciervo

Further reading

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