cerval

Portuguese

cerval

Etymology

Latin lupus (“wolf”) cervarius (“pertaining to a stag”) (wolf that hunts the stag), from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.ˈvaw/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.ˈvaɫ/
Homophone: serval
Hyphenation: cer‧val

Noun

cerval m (plural cervais)

Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Synonyms

lince-ibérico, liberne, gato-cravo

Descendants

French: serval
English: serval

German: Serval

Portuguese: serval

Translingual: Felis serval

Spanish

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /θerˈbal/, [θerˈβal]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /serˈbal/, [serˈβal]

Adjective

cerval (plural cervales)

deerlike; deer; cervine
tremendous (fear)

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