adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to cats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- feline behaviour
- feline expert
- The tiger is a feline predator.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
feline
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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/ˈfiːlaɪn/
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rhymes with -iːlaɪn
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CMU ARPABET: F IY1 L AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- feline character
- feline movement
- She moved with feline grace.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felid
Antonyms: nonfelid, nonfeline
Broader terms: mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Meaning 4
A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.
Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felid
Antonyms: nonfelid, nonfeline
Broader terms: mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature, felid, feline
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to cats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- feline fur
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carnivore
Narrower terms: cat, true cat, big cat
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).
Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سِنَّوْرِيّ (sinnawriyy) — of or pertaining to cats
- Belarusian: каця́чы (kacjáčy) — of or pertaining to cats
- Belarusian: кашэ́чы (kašéčy) — of or pertaining to cats
- Belarusian: каці́ны (kacíny) — of or pertaining to cats
- Belarusian: каша́чы (kašáčy) — of or pertaining to cats
- Bulgarian: ко́тешки (kóteški) — of or pertaining to cats
- Catalan: felí — of or pertaining to cats
- Chinese Mandarin: 貓的 /猫的 (māo de) — of or pertaining to cats
- Czech: kočičí — of or pertaining to cats
- Dutch: katachtig — of or pertaining to cats
- Esperanto: kata — of or pertaining to cats
- Finnish: kissa- — of or pertaining to cats
- French: félin — of or pertaining to cats
- Galician: felino — of or pertaining to cats
- German: Katzen- — of or pertaining to cats
- Greek: αιλουροειδής (ailouroeidís) — of or pertaining to cats
- Indonesian: kekucingan — of or pertaining to cats
- Indonesian: seperti kucing — of or pertaining to cats
- Irish: catúil — of or pertaining to cats
- Italian: felino — of or pertaining to cats
- Japanese: ネコの (neko no) — of or pertaining to cats
- Korean: 고양이의 (goyang'i-ui) — of or pertaining to cats
- Latin: fēlīnus — of or pertaining to cats
- Macedonian: мачји (mačji) — of or pertaining to cats
- Macedonian: мачешки (mačeški) — of or pertaining to cats
- Malay: kucing — of or pertaining to cats
- Malay: kekucingan — of or pertaining to cats
- Malay: felin — of or pertaining to cats
- Occitan: felin — of or pertaining to cats
- Polish: koci — of or pertaining to cats
- Portuguese: felino — of or pertaining to cats
- Romanian: felin — of or pertaining to cats
- Russian: коша́чий (košáčij) — of or pertaining to cats
- Serbo-Croatian: ма̏чјӣ — of or pertaining to cats
- Serbo-Croatian: mȁčjī — of or pertaining to cats
- Slovak: mačací — of or pertaining to cats
- Slovene: mačji — of or pertaining to cats
- Spanish: felino — of or pertaining to cats
- Ukrainian: котя́чий (kotjáčyj) — of or pertaining to cats
- Ukrainian: коша́чий (košáčyj) — of or pertaining to cats
- Volapük: katik — of or pertaining to cats
- Welsh: cathaidd — of or pertaining to cats
- Catalan: felí — catlike
- Dutch: katachtig — catlike
- Finnish: kissamainen — catlike
- Finnish: kissa- — catlike
- French: félin — catlike
- German: katzenartig — catlike
- German: katzenhaft — catlike
- Indonesian: lirkucing — catlike
- Irish: catúil — catlike
- Italian: felino — catlike
- Italian: gattesco — catlike
- Korean: 고양이 같다 (goyang'i gatda) — catlike
- Manx: kaytoil — catlike
- Persian: گربهسان (gorbe-sân) — catlike
- Polish: koci — catlike
- Russian: коша́чий (košáčij) — catlike
- Turkish: kedi gibi — catlike
- Volapük: katasümik — catlike
- Welsh: cathaidd — catlike