jaguar

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îaûára.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæɡjuːə/, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæɡjuːɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæɡwɑɹ/, /ˈdʒæɡ(j)u.ɑɹ/

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a jaguar

jaguar (plural jaguars)

1. A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.

• jaguarundi
• jaguar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panthera onca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Apparently borrowed from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi jaguara.[1] The contemporary pronunciation derives from English jaguar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌɑr/, /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌər/
• (dated in the Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.ɣyˌɑr/

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• Hyphenation: ja‧gu‧ar

jaguar m (plural jaguars, diminutive jaguartje n)

1. jaguar [from late 18th c.]
   • 1777, De Buffon, De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, vol. 5, part 1, tr. from French, J. H. Schneider (publ.), page 5.

     Wat den puma en den jaguar betreft, het blykt duidelyk uit de beſchryvingen van hun, die deze dieren gezien hebben, dat de puma geen leeuw is, en de jaguar geen tyger; […]

     As for the puma and the jaguar, it clearly appears from the descriptions by them, who have seen these animals, that the cougar is not a lion, and [that] the jaguar is not a tiger; […]

• weerjaguar

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ɡwaʁ/

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jaguar m or f (plural jaguars)

1. (masculine) jaguar (cat)
2. (masculine) Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
3. (feminine) jaguar (car)
4. (feminine) Jaguar (British car manufacturer)

• “jaguar” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• جاݢوار‎

From English jaguar, from Portuguese, from Old Tupi jaguara.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɡua(r)/
• Rhymes: -ua(r), -wa(r), -a(r)

jaguar (Jawi spelling جاݢوار)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

• IPA^(key): /jaˈɡu.ar/

jaguar m anim

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
2. Jaguar car

From Tupian.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ʒa.ˈɡwaɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.ˈɡwaɻ/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ʒa.ˈɡwaχ/

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

1. jaguar

• onça, onça-pintada

• jaguara, jaguaraíva, jaguaré, jaguaretê, jaguatirica

• English: jaguar

Borrowed from French jaguar.

jaguar m (plural jaguari)

1. jaguar

• IPA^(key): /jâɡuaːr/
• Hyphenation: ja‧gu‧ar

jȁguār m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гуа̄р)

1. jaguar

jaguar m (plural jaguares)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca)

• yaguareté

Borrowed from French jaguar.

• IPA^(key): [ʒɑ.ɡʊ.ɑɾ]

jaguar (definite accusative jaguarı, plural jaguarlar)

1. jaguar