suricate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French suricate.

Noun

suricate (plural suricates)

1. The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.

Anagrams

• actus rei

French

Un suricate.

Etymology

From earlier surikate, from a South African language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ʁi.kat/

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Noun

suricate m (plural suricates)

1. meerkat (mammal)

Further reading

• “suricate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• suricate on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• autrices, creusait, cuirâtes, curetais, curetais, curetais, curiates, éructais, raucités, récusait, resuçait, sucerait

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• suricata
• suricato

Etymology

From French suricate.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: su‧ri‧ca‧te

Noun

suricate m or f by sense (plural suricates)

1. meerkat (small carnivorous mammal)

Coordinate terms

• mangusto, sacarrabo

Further reading

• suricate on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt