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bobcat

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒb.kæt/
  • General-American: /ˈbɔb.kæt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 B K AE2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A North American wildcat (Lynx rufus), having tufted ears and a short tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red lynx

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A vehicle made by the Bobcat company

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

small lynx of North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bay lynx, Lynx rufus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lynx, catamount

History

Etymology

From bob (short hair; with reference to its tail) + cat.

Genericization of the trademark Bobcat

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abenaki: bezo — North American wild cat
  • Western Apache: gídí dziłkáʼyú gólííní — North American wild cat
  • Arabic: وَشَق أَحْمَر (wašaq ʔaḥmar) — North American wild cat
  • Armenian: կարմիր լուսան (karmir lusan) — North American wild cat
  • Avar: багӏараб цӏиркъ (baʻarab cʼirqxʼ) — North American wild cat
  • Azerbaijani: kürən vaşaq — North American wild cat
  • Basque: katamotz gorri — North American wild cat
  • Belarusian: рудая рысь (rudaja rysʹ) — North American wild cat
  • Breton: liñs rous — North American wild cat
  • Bulgarian: американски рис (amerikanski ris) — North American wild cat
  • Cahuilla: túkut — North American wild cat
  • Catalan: linx roig — North American wild cat
  • Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (gvhe) — North American wild cat
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎮ (amelige gvhe) — North American wild cat
  • Cheyenne: mohkave — North American wild cat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 短尾貓 /短尾猫 (duǎn wěimāo) — North American wild cat
  • West Circassian: чэтыушыумыш (čɛtəwušəwuməš) — North American wild cat
  • Czech: rys červený — North American wild cat
  • Danish: rødlos — North American wild cat
  • Dutch: rode lynx — North American wild cat
  • Esperanto: rufa linko — North American wild cat
  • Estonian: punailves — North American wild cat
  • Finnish: punailves — North American wild cat
  • Finnish: amerikanilves — North American wild cat
  • French: lynx roux — North American wild cat
  • French: chat sauvage — North American wild cat
  • French: lynx bai — North American wild cat
  • West-Frisian: reade lynks — North American wild cat
  • Gabrielino-Fernandeño: tukuut — North American wild cat
  • Georgian: წითური ფოცხვერი (c̣ituri pocxveri) — North American wild cat
  • German: Rotluchs — North American wild cat
  • Greek: ερυθρός λύγκας (erythrós lýgkas) — North American wild cat
  • Hebrew: שונר מצוי — North American wild cat
  • Hindi: बॉबकैट (bŏbkaiṭ) — North American wild cat
  • Hungarian: vörös hiúz — North American wild cat
  • Ido: bruna linco — North American wild cat
  • Irish: bobchat — North American wild cat
  • Italian: lince rossa — North American wild cat
  • Japanese: ボブキャット (bobukyatto) — North American wild cat
  • Korean: 붉은스라소니 (bulgeunseurasoni) — North American wild cat
  • Korean: 보브캣 (bobeukaet) — North American wild cat
  • Lak: ятӏулсса цӏиникь (aʕtʼuls:a cʼiniqʼ) — North American wild cat
  • Latvian: rūsganais lūsis — North American wild cat
  • Lithuanian: rudoji lūšis — North American wild cat
  • Lushootseed: p̓əč̓əb — North American wild cat
  • Malayalam: ബോബ്ക്യാറ്റ് (bōbkyāṟṟŭ) — North American wild cat
  • Eastern Mari: йошкар шурмаҥше (joškar šurmaŋše) — North American wild cat
  • Central Sierra Miwok: tolom·maˀah — North American wild cat
  • Nahuatl: ocotōchtli — North American wild cat
  • Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí — North American wild cat
  • Navajo: náshdóíłbáí — North American wild cat
  • Northern Paiute: tuhuˀu — North American wild cat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødgaupe — North American wild cat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: raudgaupe — North American wild cat
  • O'odham: gewho — North American wild cat
  • Persian: گربه دمکوتاه — North American wild cat
  • Polish: ryś rudy — North American wild cat
  • Portuguese: lince-vermelho — North American wild cat
  • Punjabi: باب بلا (bāb blā) — North American wild cat
  • Quechua: ruka linsi — North American wild cat
  • Romanian: râs roșu — North American wild cat
  • Romanian: linx roșu — North American wild cat
  • Russian: ры́жая рысь (rýžaja rysʹ) — North American wild cat
  • Russian: красная рысь (krasnaja rysʹ) — North American wild cat
  • Slovak: rys červený — North American wild cat
  • Upper Sorbian: čerwjeny rys — North American wild cat
  • Spanish: lince rojo — North American wild cat
  • Swedish: rödlo — North American wild cat
  • Tamil: பாப் பூனை (pāp pūṉai) — North American wild cat
  • Thai: บอบแคต (bòbkâet) — North American wild cat
  • Tibetan: རི་ཞིམ (ri zhim) — North American wild cat
  • Tibetan: དབྱི (dbyi) — North American wild cat
  • Tibetan: གཡི (g.yi) — North American wild cat
  • Turkish: doru vaşak — North American wild cat
  • Udmurt: кельыт балян (keľyt baľan) — North American wild cat
  • Udmurt: горд балян (gord baľan) — North American wild cat
  • Ukrainian: рись руда (rysʹ ruda) — North American wild cat
  • Ukrainian: бобкет (bobket) — North American wild cat
  • Unami: chinkwe — North American wild cat
  • Vietnamese: linh miêu đuôi cộc — North American wild cat
  • Welsh: bobgath — North American wild cat
  • Winnebago: wicąwą sįįc kųnųk — North American wild cat