jaguar
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.jʊə/, /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.juː.ə/, /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.juː.ɑː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.wɑɹ/, /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.(j)u.ɑɹ/, (dialectally) /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.waɪɚ/
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Noun edit
jaguar (plural jaguars)
- A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.
Derived terms edit
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See also edit
- jaguarundi
- jaguar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Panthera onca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References edit
- ^ “jaguar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈɣwar]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒaˈɣwar]
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Hyphenation: ja‧guar
Noun edit
jaguar m (plural jaguars)
Further reading edit
- “jaguar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “jaguar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “jaguar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “jaguar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Apparently borrowed from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.[1] The contemporary pronunciation derives from English jaguar.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌɑr/, /ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌər/
- (dated in the Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈjaː.ɣyˌɑr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ja‧gu‧ar
Noun edit
jaguar m (plural jaguars, diminutive jaguartje n)
- jaguar [from late 18th c.]
- 1777, De Buffon, De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, vol. 5, part 1, tr. from French, J. H. Schneider (publ.), page 5.
- Wat den puma en den jaguar betreft, het blykt duidelyk uit de beſchryvingen van hun, die deze dieren gezien hebben, dat de puma geen leeuw is, en de jaguar geen tyger; […]
- As for the puma and the jaguar, it clearly appears from the descriptions by them, who have seen these animals, that the cougar is not a lion, and [that] the jaguar is not a tiger; […]
- 1777, De Buffon, De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, vol. 5, part 1, tr. from French, J. H. Schneider (publ.), page 5.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “jaguar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading edit
- “jaguar” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jaguar m (plural jaguars)
Noun edit
jaguar f (plural jaguars)
Further reading edit
- “jaguar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From English jaguar, from Portuguese, from Old Tupi jaguara.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jaguar (Jawi spelling جاݢوار, plural jaguar-jaguar, informal 1st possessive jaguarku, 2nd possessive jaguarmu, 3rd possessive jaguarnya)
Further reading edit
- “jaguar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
jaguar m (definite singular jaguaren, indefinite plural jaguarer, definite plural jaguarene)
- a jaguar, Panthera onca.
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Noun edit
jaguar m (definite singular jaguaren, indefinite plural jaguarar, definite plural jaguarane)
References edit
- “jaguar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Internationalism; compare English jaguar, French jaguar, German Jaguar, ultimately from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Noun edit
jaguar m animal
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English Jaguar. Genericized trademark.
Noun edit
jaguar m animal
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Old Tupi îagûara. Doublet of jaguara.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ja‧guar
Noun edit
jaguar m (plural jaguares)
- jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)
- Synonyms: onça, onça-pintada
Usage notes edit
In Brazil, jaguars are more commonly called onça or onça-pintada, and jaguar is mainly used in literature.
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Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jaguar m (plural jaguari)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) jaguar | jaguarul | (niște) jaguari | jaguarii |
genitive/dative | (unui) jaguar | jaguarului | (unor) jaguari | jaguarilor |
vocative | jaguarule | jaguarilor |
References edit
- jaguar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jȁguār m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гуа̄р)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jaguar m (plural jaguares)
Further reading edit
- “jaguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
jaguar c
- a jaguar (cat)
Declension edit
Declension of jaguar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | jaguar | jaguaren | jaguarer | jaguarerna |
Genitive | jaguars | jaguarens | jaguarers | jaguarernas |
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish ژاغوآر (jaguar), from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jaguar (definite accusative jaguarı, plural jaguarlar)