feline
See also: féline
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).
Adjective edit
feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)
- Of or pertaining to cats.
- catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.
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of or pertaining to cats
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catlike
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Etymology 2 edit
Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus.
Noun edit
feline (plural felines)
- (formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.
- (formal) Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae.
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- See also Thesaurus:feline
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cat — see cat
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Italian edit
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feline
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Latin edit
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fēlīne
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feline f
- inflection of felină:
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