civeta
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Possibly reborrowed via French civette.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
civeta f (plural civetes)
- a civet, particularly the African civet (Civettictis civetta)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “civeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “civeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād).[1] Doublet of zibeta.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ci‧ve‧ta
Noun edit
civeta f (plural civetas)
- civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)
- Synonym: gato-de-algália
References edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈbeta/ [θiˈβ̞e.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈbeta/ [siˈβ̞e.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ci‧ve‧ta
Noun edit
civeta f (plural civetas)
- civet (cat-like animal)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “civeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014