margay

English

Leopardus wiedii

Etymology

From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

margay (plural margays)

1. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America.

   Synonyms: kuichua, tree ocelot, tiger cat

Derived terms

• marlot

Descendants

• → Korean: 마게이 (magei)
• → Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)

Translations

Leopardus wiedii

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長尾虎貓／长尾虎猫 (chángwěi hǔmāo)

• Dutch: margay (nl)
• Esperanto: margajo
• French: margay (fr) m, chat-tigre (fr) m, chat sauvage de la Nouvelle Espagne m
• German: Langschwanzkatze f
• Greek: µάργκεϊ n (µárgkeï)
• Irish: margae m
• Italian: margay m
• Japanese: マーゲイ (ja) (margay)
• Malay: margay
• Maltese: margaj m
• Polish: ocelot nadrzewny (pl) m, margaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: gato-maracajá m
• Spanish: gato tigre m, tigrillo m, cunaguaro m, caucel m, maracayá m, margay (es) m
• Swedish: margaykatt c

Anagrams

• Magyar

French

Noun

margay m (plural margays)

1. margay

Further reading

• “margay”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• maracayá

Etymology

Borrowed from or related to Portuguese maracajá, ultimately from Old Tupi marakaîá. Doublet of maracayá.

Noun

margay m (plural margays or margayes)

1. margay

   Synonyms: gato tigre, tigrillo, cunaguaro, caucel, maracayá

Descendants

• → English: margay
  • → Korean: 마게이 (magei)
  • → Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)
• →? French: margay

Further reading

• “margay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014