cerval

cerval

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval.

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]

• Homophone: serval
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (plural cervais)

1. cervine
2. (figurative) ferocious

Derived terms

• gato-cerval
• lobo-cerval

Descendants

• French: serval

  English: serval

  German: serval

  Portuguese: serval

  Translingual: Felis serval

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbal/ [θeɾˈβ̞al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval (plural cervales)

1. deerlike; deer; cervine
2. tremendous (fear)

Derived terms

• cervalmente

Further reading

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