cerval

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈvaw/ [seɾˈvaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvaw/ [seʁˈvaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈvaw/ [seɻˈvaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈval/ [sɨɾˈvaɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈbal/ [sɨɾˈβaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈva.li/

Homophone: serval
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (plural cervais)

cervine
(figurative) ferocious

Derived terms

gato-cerval
lobo-cerval

Descendants

French: serval
- → English: serval
- → German: Serval
- → Portuguese: serval
- Translingual: Felis serval

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbal/ [θeɾˈβ̞al]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: cer‧val

Adjective

cerval m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervales)

deerlike; deer; cervine
tremendous (fear)

Derived terms

cervalmente

Further reading

“cerval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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