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 (Southern England)(file)
  • (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

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛrval]

Noun

serval m anim

  1. serval (Leptailurus serval)
Declension
Declension of serval (hard masculine animate)
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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

serval

  1. masculine singular past active participle of servat

Further reading
  • serval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • serval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • serval in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ser‧val

Noun

serval m (plural servals)

  1. serval, Leptailurus serval
    Synonym: woestijnlynx

Derived terms
  • servalkat

Further reading
  • “serval” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.val/
  • Audio (Switzerland)(file)

Noun

serval m (plural servaux)

  1. serval

Descendants
  • → English: serval
  • → German: Serval
  • → Portuguese: serval
  • Translingual: Felis serval

Further reading

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]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seɾˈvaw/ [seɾˈvaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seʁˈvaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seɻˈvaw/ [seɻˈvaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈval/ [sɨɾˈvaɫ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈbal/ [sɨɾˈβaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈva.li/

  • 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, 2003–2024.
  2. “serval” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French serval.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /serˈval/

Noun

serval m (plural servali)

  1. serval

Declension
Declension of serval
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) serval servalul (niște) servali servalii
genitive/dative (unui) serval servalului (unor) servali servalilor
vocative servalule servalilor

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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
  • IPA(key): /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ser‧val

Noun

serval m (plural servales)

  1. serval

Further reading
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