Dictionary

serval en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɜːvəl/ (UK)
• sûrʹvəl (US)
• /ˈsɝvəl/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

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”).

Meanings

1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

Forms

Deriveds

caraval · servical · servaline

Translations (49)

sw mondo (medium-sized African wild cat) · zu indlozi (medium-sized African wild cat) · ar بَج (medium-sized African wild cat) · ru серва́л (medium-sized African wild cat) · it gattopardo (medium-sized African wild cat) · xsm ŋwarɩm (medium-sized African wild cat) · nl woestijnlynx (medium-sized African wild cat) · it servalo (medium-sized African wild cat) · mos sulfu (medium-sized African wild cat) · cmn 藪貓 /薮猫 (medium-sized African wild cat) · de Serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · gur saasaa (medium-sized African wild cat) · ko 서벌 (medium-sized African wild cat) · dyu jakumawara (medium-sized African wild cat) · nl serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · fi servaali (medium-sized African wild cat) · lme merian (medium-sized African wild cat) · am አነር (medium-sized African wild cat) · es serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · ss indloti (medium-sized African wild cat) · nmz yuŋgwɛɛga (medium-sized African wild cat) · af tierboskat (medium-sized African wild cat) · ka სერვალი (medium-sized African wild cat) · sw mondo (medium-sized African wild cat) · yue 藪貓 /薮猫 (medium-sized African wild cat) · fr serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · mug ámíl (medium-sized African wild cat) · kzr ɗakli (medium-sized African wild cat) · dag sulipiɛlli (medium-sized African wild cat) · ki kĩrũũmi (medium-sized African wild cat) · ms serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · sh sèrvāl (medium-sized African wild cat) · sv serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · io servalo (medium-sized African wild cat) · ja サーバル (medium-sized African wild cat) · pt serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · mas eseperua (medium-sized African wild cat) · te జంగుపిల్లి (medium-sized African wild cat) · is gresjuköttur (medium-sized African wild cat) · tr serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · snk wanjalanŋe (medium-sized African wild cat) · hu szervál (medium-sized African wild cat) · cs serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · eo servalo (medium-sized African wild cat) · ga seirbheal (medium-sized African wild cat) · pl serwal (medium-sized African wild cat) · dik dhok (medium-sized African wild cat) · ro serval (medium-sized African wild cat) · gl serval (medium-sized African wild cat)