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):

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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
• German: Serval 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)
• Portuguese: serval (pt) m
• Romanian: serval m
• Russian: серва́л (ru) m (servál)
• Soninke: wanjalanŋe
• Southwestern Dinka: dhok
• Spanish: serval m
• Swahili: mondo, mondo 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛrval]

Etymology 1

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

• 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)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/

• Audio:

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• 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):

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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.

Portuguese

serval

Etymology

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”). See more on the doublet of cerval.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]

• (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]

• (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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /serˈval/

Noun

serval m (plural servali)

1. serval

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	serval	servalul		servali	servalii
genitive-dative	serval	servalului		servali	servalilor
vocative	servalule			servalilor

Further reading

• serval in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

Related terms

• ciervo

 

Further reading

• “serval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10