name
Meaning 1
A British motor car manufacturer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jaguar
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.jʊə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.juː.ə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.juː.ɑː/
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US: /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.wɑɹ/
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US: /ˈd͡ʒæɡ.(j)u.ɑɹ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A motor car manufactured by this company
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: panther, Panthera onca, Felis onca
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: big cat, cat
History
Etymology
From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Albanian: jaguári — Panthera onca
- Albanian: jaguár — Panthera onca
- Arabic: يغور (yağwar) — Panthera onca
- Arabic: جَقْوَر (jagwar) — Panthera onca
- Araona: iba — Panthera onca
- Armenian: յագուար (yaguar) — Panthera onca
- Asturian: xaguar — Panthera onca
- Azerbaijani: yaquar — Panthera onca
- Borôro: adügo — Panthera onca
- Bulgarian: ягуа́р (jaguár) — Panthera onca
- Catalan: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Chinese Mandarin: 美洲豹 (měizhōubào) — Panthera onca
- Chinese Mandarin: 美洲虎 (měizhōuhǔ) — Panthera onca
- Cornish: jagwar — Panthera onca
- Czech: jaguár — Panthera onca
- Danish: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Dutch: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Esperanto: jaguaro — Panthera onca
- Estonian: jaaguar — Panthera onca
- Faroese: jaguarur — Panthera onca
- Finnish: jaguaari — Panthera onca
- French: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Galician: xaguar — Panthera onca
- Georgian: იაგუარი (iaguari) — Panthera onca
- German: Jaguar — Panthera onca
- Greek: ιαγουάρος (iagouáros) — Panthera onca
- Greek: τζάγκουαρ (tzágkouar) — Panthera onca
- Hebrew: יגואר — Panthera onca
- Hindi: जैगुआर (jaiguār) — Panthera onca
- Huaorani: mẽnẽ — Panthera onca
- Hungarian: jaguár — Panthera onca
- Indonesian: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Irish: iaguar — Panthera onca
- Italian: giaguaro — Panthera onca
- Japanese: ジャガー (jagā) — Panthera onca
- Japanese: アメリカ豹 (amerikahyō) — Panthera onca
- Kaqchikel: b’alam — Panthera onca
- Korean: 재규어 (jaegyueo) — Panthera onca
- Latvian: jaguārs — Panthera onca
- Macedonian: јагуар (jaguar) — Panthera onca
- Malay: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Maltese: ġagwar — Panthera onca
- Mamaindé: jañan — Panthera onca
- Mapudungun: nawel — Panthera onca
- Mayo: yóoko — Panthera onca
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl: oselotl — Panthera onca
- Central Nahuatl: ocelotl — Panthera onca
- Classical Nahuatl: ocelotl — Panthera onca
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tekuajketl — Panthera onca
- Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ náshdóítsoh łikizhígíí — Panthera onca
- Norwegian Bokmål: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Occitan: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Old Tupi: îagûara — Panthera onca
- Paumarí: jomahi hiihiha — Panthera onca
- Polish: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Portuguese: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Portuguese: onça — Panthera onca
- Portuguese: onça-pintada — Panthera onca
- Quechua: uturunku — Panthera onca
- Quechua: uthurunku — Panthera onca
- Romanian: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Russian: ягуа́р (jaguár) — Panthera onca
- Saliba (Colombia): ũpu — Panthera onca
- Scottish Gaelic: deàguar — Panthera onca
- Scottish Gaelic: iaguar — Panthera onca
- Serbo-Croatian: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Sicilian: sciaguaru — Panthera onca
- Spanish: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Spanish: tigre — Panthera onca
- Spanish: yaguareté — Panthera onca
- Spanish: yaguareté — Panthera onca
- Swahili: jagwa — Panthera onca
- Swedish: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Tagalog: haguwar — Panthera onca
- Tariana: yawi — Panthera onca
- Thai: เสือจากัวร์ (suea cha kua) — Panthera onca
- Turkish: jaguar — Panthera onca
- Vietnamese: báo đốm — Panthera onca
- Vietnamese: báo đốm châu Mỹ — Panthera onca
- Warao: tobe — Panthera onca
- Welsh: jagwar — Panthera onca
- Yao (South America): aroua — Panthera onca
- Yucatec Maya: báalam — Panthera onca
- Isthmus Zapotec: beedxeʼ — Panthera onca