serval

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: sûrʹvəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvəl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vəl

serval (plural servals)

1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

• Lavers, arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, slaver, velars, versal

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛrval]

serval m anim (relational adjective servalí)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

serval

1. masculine singular past active participle of servat

• “serval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “serval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “serval”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin serval.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɑl/

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• Hyphenation: ser‧val

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

• “serval” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• serval on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.val/

• Audio (Switzerland):

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serval m (plural servaux)

1. serval

• → English: serval
• → German: Serval
• → Portuguese: serval
• Translingual: Felis serval

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

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”).^[1][2] See more on the doublet of cerval.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: cerval
• Hyphenation: ser‧val

serval m (plural servais)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

Borrowed from French serval.

• IPA^(key): /serˈval/

serval m (plural servali)

1. serval

• “serval”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ser‧val

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

• “serval”, 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