serval

See also: Serval and seřval

English

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serval

Wikipedia

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):

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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 (af) 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 Georgian: სერვალი (servali) German: Serval m Icelandic: gresjuköttur 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) m anim Portuguese: serval (pt) m Romanian: serval m Russian: серва́л (ru) m (servál) Soninke: wanjalanŋe Southwestern Dinka: dhok Spanish: serval (es) m Swahili: mondo (sw), mondo (sw) 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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

serval

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛrval]

Etymology 1

Noun

serval m anim (relational adjective servalí)

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

• servalí

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “serval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “serval”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ser‧val

Noun

serval m (plural servals, no diminutive)

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]
• serval on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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 (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

serval m (plural servaux)

1. serval

Descendants

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

Further reading

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