panther

See also: Panther

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English panter, panther, pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthera, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpænθɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpænθə/
• (Southern American English, obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/, /ˈpeɪntə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Berkshire, UK))

  (file)

Noun

panther (plural panthers)

A panther.

1. Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India.
2. Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
3. A cougar; especially the Florida panther.
4. (slang) A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.

   Paige is 16 and dates a 19 years old guy, she's such a panther.

   Antonyms: cougar, cradle robber, cub

5. (mythology, heraldry) A creature resembling a big cat with a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology.

Derived terms

• black panther
• pantheress

Translations

big cat with black fur

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: نَمِر أَسْوَد‎ m (namir ʔaswad), فَهْد‎ (ar) m (fahd)
• Armenian: հովազ (hy) (hovaz)
• Assamese: ঘোং (ghüṅ)
• Azerbaijani: panter
• Belarusian: пантэ́ра f (pantéra)
• Bulgarian: панте́ра (bg) f (pantéra)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēibào), 豹子 (zh) (bàozi), 豹 (zh) (bào)

• Czech: panter m
• Danish: panter c
• Dutch: panter (nl)
• Esperanto: nigra pantero
• Finnish: musta pantteri
• French: panthère noire (fr) f
• Galician: pantera negra f
• Georgian: ავაზა (avaza), ჯიქი (ǯiki), პანტერა (ṗanṭera)
• German: Panther (de) m, Panter (de) m
• Greek: πάνθηρας (el) m (pánthiras)
• Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּר שָׁחֹר‎ m (pantér šaḥór)
• Hungarian: fekete párduc
• Icelandic: pardusdýr (is) n
• Italian: pantera nera f
• Japanese: 豹 (ja) (ひょう, hyō), パンサー (pansā)
• Korean: 흑표범 (heukpyobeom)
• Latvian: melnā pantera
• Laz: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: harimau kumbang (ms), harimau peturun
• Malayalam: കരിമ്പുലി (karimpuli)
• Maori: panata
• Middle English: panter
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭭𐭪𐭩‎ (plnky /palang/)
• Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: nièr léopard m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panter (no) m

  Nynorsk: panter m

• Occitan: pantèra (oc) f
• Persian: پلنگ‎ (fa) (palang)
• Polish: pantera (pl) f
• Portuguese: pantera-negra f
• Romanian: panteră neagră (ro)
• Russian: панте́ра (ru) f (pantɛ́ra)
• Scottish Gaelic: paindeal
• Spanish: pantera negra (es) f
• Swedish: panter (sv) c
• Tagalog: pantera
• Thai: เสือดำ (sʉ̌ʉa-dam)
• Turkish: panter (tr)
• Ukrainian: панте́ра f (pantéra)
• Vietnamese: báo đen
• Wolof: segg mu ñuul

big cat of genus Panthera

• Arabic: نَمِر‎ (ar) m (namir), نِمْر‎ (ar) m (nimr), نَمِر أَسْوَد‎ m (namir ʔaswad), فَهْد‎ (ar) m (fahd)
• Armenian: հովազ (hy) (hovaz)
• Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ (tlvdatsi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēi bào), 豹子 (zh) (bàozi), 豹 (zh) (bào)

• Coptic: ϫⲓⲕⲣⲏⲥ (čikrēs)
• Danish: panter
• Dutch: panter (nl) m
• Egyptian: (ꜣby m)
• Esperanto: pantero
• Finnish: suurkissa
• French: panthère (fr) f
• Galician: pantera (gl) f
• Georgian: ჯიქი (ǯiki), ავაზა (avaza)
• German: Panther (de) m
• Greek: πάνθηρας (el) m (pánthiras)

  Ancient: πάνθηρ m (pánthēr)

• Hungarian: párduc (hu)
• Italian: pantera (it)
• Japanese: 豹 (ja) (ひょう, hyō), ヒョウ (ja) (hyō), パンサー (pansā)
• Kazakh: бабыр (babyr)
• Latvian: pantera f
• Malay: harimau (ms)
• Middle English: panter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panter (no) m

  Nynorsk: panter m

• Persian: پلنگ‎ (fa) (palang)
• Portuguese: pantera (pt) f
• Romanian: panteră (ro) f
• Russian: панте́ра (ru) f (pantɛ́ra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: pantera (sh) f

• Swedish: panter (sv)
• Tagalog: pantera
• Thai: เสือดำ (sʉ̌ʉa-dam)
• Turkish: panter (tr), pars (tr)

Further reading

• “panther” in Collins English Dictionary, 12th edition, Glasgow: Collins, 2014, →ISBN; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

Anagrams

• Penarth, parthen-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pan‧ther

Noun

panther m (plural panthers, diminutive panthertje n)

1. Obsolete form of panter.

Middle English

Noun

panther

1. Alternative form of panter (“panther”)