caracal

From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره‌ قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاه‌گوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɚ.əˌkæl/, /ˈkɛɚ.əˌkæl/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧cal, car‧a‧cal

caracal (plural caracals)

2. A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.

• African lynx, Asian lynx, Persian lynx, Indian lynx, desert lynx (varying with location); lynx (improper), floppa

• caracal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caracal on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caracal on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caracal caracal in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• “caracal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “caracal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Borrowed from French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره‌قولاق (kara kulak), a calque of Persian سیاه‌گوش (siyah guš).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.raːˌkɑl/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧cal

caracal m (plural caracals, diminutive caracalletje n)

1. caracal (Caracal caracal)

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

   Hypernym: katachtige

• caracal (dier) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Turkish karakulak.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁa.kal/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧cal

caracal m (plural caracals)

1. caracal

   Synonyms: lynx du désert, lynx de Perse

Borrowed from Turkish karakulak.

caracal m (invariable)

1. caracal

   Synonym: lince persiana

• acclara, calcara

From Turkish karakulak.

• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧cal

caracal m (plural caracais)

1. caracal (Caracal caracal)

   Synonym: lince-do-deserto

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈkal/ [ka.ɾaˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ca‧ra‧cal

caracal m (plural caracales)

1. caracal

• “caracal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024