margay

English

Leopardus wiedii

Etymology

From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

margay (plural margays)

Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America.
Synonyms: kuichua, tree ocelot, tiger cat

Derived terms

marlot

Descendants

→ Korean: 마게이 (magei)
→ Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)

Translations

Leopardus wiedii

Chinese:
Mandarin: 長尾虎貓／长尾虎猫 (chángwěi hǔmāo)
Dutch: margay (nl)
Esperanto: margajo
French: margay (fr) m, chat-tigre (fr) m, chat sauvage de la Nouvelle Espagne m
German: Langschwanzkatze f
Greek: µάργκεϊ n (µárgkeï)
Irish: margae m
Italian: margay m
Japanese: マーゲイ (ja) (māgei)
Malay: margay
Maltese: margaj m
Polish: ocelot nadrzewny (pl) m, margaj (pl) m
Portuguese: gato-maracajá m
Spanish: gato tigre m, tigrillo m, cunaguaro m, caucel m, maracayá m, margay (es) m
Swedish: margaykatt c

Anagrams

Magyar

French

Noun

margay m (plural margays)

margay

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

maracayá

Etymology

Borrowed from or related to Portuguese maracajá, ultimately from Old Tupi marakaîá. Doublet of maracayá.

Noun

margay m (plural margays or margayes)

margay
Synonyms: gato tigre, tigrillo, cunaguaro, caucel, maracayá

Descendants

→ English: margay
- → Korean: 마게이 (magei)
- → Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)
→? French: margay

Further reading

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

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