Phrase guide

leopard cat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A wild cat native to Southeast Asia, Prionailurus bengalensis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Felis bengalensis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildcat

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: লতামেকুৰী (lotamekuri) — wild cat
  • Burmese: ကျားကျုတ် (kya:kyut) — wild cat
  • Catalan: gat de Bengala — wild cat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豹貓 /豹猫 (bàomāo) — wild cat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石虎 (shíhǔ) — wild cat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山貓 /山猫 (shānmāo) — wild cat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錢貓 /钱猫 (qiánmāo) — wild cat
  • Czech: kočka bengálská — wild cat
  • Finnish: leopardikissa — wild cat
  • Finnish: bengalinkissa — wild cat
  • German: Bengalkatze — wild cat
  • Hebrew: חתול נמרי (khatúl nemerí) — wild cat
  • Irish: liopardchat — wild cat
  • Japanese: ベンガル山猫 (bengaru yamaneko) — wild cat
  • Korean: 삵 (sak) — wild cat
  • Korean: 살쾡이 (salkwaeng'i) — wild cat
  • Malay: kucing batu — wild cat
  • Maltese: qattus leopard tal-Bengal — wild cat
  • Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᡥᡳ (malahi) — wild cat
  • Muong: cáo khua — wild cat
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vēuhìekhàu — wild cat
  • Navajo: Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ mósíłkizhii ałchinígíí — wild cat
  • Portuguese: gato-leopardo — wild cat
  • Portuguese: leopardo asiático — wild cat
  • Russian: бенга́льская ко́шка (bengálʹskaja kóška) — wild cat
  • Russian: ка́рликовая ко́шка (kárlikovaja kóška) — wild cat
  • Russian: дальневосто́чный кот (dalʹnevostóčnyj kot) — wild cat
  • Spanish: gato de Bengala — wild cat
  • Spanish: gato leopardo — wild cat
  • Thai: แมวดาว — wild cat
  • Tibetan: རི་ཞི (ri zhi) — wild cat
  • Vietnamese: mèo báo — wild cat
  • Vietnamese: mèo rừng — wild cat