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serval

/ˈsɝvəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
ser-val
IPA
/ˈsɝvəl/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɝvəl/
  • British English: /ˈsɜːvəl/

Inflected Forms

servals (plural)

Derived Forms

caraval servaline servical

Synonyms

felis serval

Questions

How do you pronounce serval?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɝvəl/.
What does serval mean?
A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.
Where does serval come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce serval

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