cerval
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cerval m or f (plural cervais)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- French: serval
- English: serval
- German: serval
- Portuguese: serval
- Translingual: Felis serval
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbal/ [θeɾˈβ̞al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: cer‧val
Adjective edit
cerval m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervales)
- deerlike; deer; cervine
- tremendous (fear)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cerval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014