lynx

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From Latin lynx (“lynx”). Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. The constellation is said to be so faint that one needs the eyes of a lynx to see it.

From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's seemingly glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Doublet of onza and ounce. Displaced English los; Middle English lusk (“lynx”), from Old English lox (“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الْوَشَق (al-wašaq) — constellation
• Chinese Mandarin: 天貓座 /天猫座 (Tiānmāozuò) — constellation
• Esperanto: Linko — constellation
• Finnish: Ilves — constellation
• French: Lynx — constellation
• Galician: Lince — constellation
• German: Luchs — constellation
• Icelandic: Gaupan — constellation
• Irish: an Lincse — constellation
• Kazakh: Сілеусін (Sıleusın) — constellation
• Low German: Loss — constellation
• Malay: Links — constellation
• Polish: Ryś — constellation
• Russian: Рысь (Rysʹ) — constellation
• Spanish: Lynx — constellation
• Afrikaans: los — wild cat
• Albanian: lubardha — wild cat
• Albanian: rrëqebull — wild cat
• Albanian: luqërbull — wild cat
• Albanian: dac — wild cat
• Algonquin: pijiw — wild cat
• Arabic: وَشَق (wašaq) — wild cat
• Armenian: լուսան (lusan) — wild cat
• Asturian: lince — wild cat
• Asturian: llince — wild cat
• Azerbaijani: vaşaq — wild cat
• Azerbaijani: yazıpişiyi — wild cat
• Bashkir: һеләүһен (heləwhen) — wild cat
• Basque: katamotz — wild cat
• Belarusian: рысь (rysʹ) — wild cat
• Belarusian: ры́ся (rýsja) — wild cat
• Breton: liñs — wild cat
• Bulgarian: рис (ris) — wild cat
• Catalan: linx — wild cat
• Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (gvhe) — wild cat
• Chinese Mandarin: 猞猁 (shēlì) — wild cat
• Chinese Mandarin: 山貓 /山猫 (shānmāo) — wild cat
• Chuvash: ҫӳлевӗҫ (śülevĕś) — wild cat
• Cree: ᐱᔔ (pishoo) — wild cat
• Cree: pishuu — wild cat
• Montagnais: pishu — wild cat
• Czech: rys — wild cat
• Danish: los — wild cat
• Dutch: lynx — wild cat
• Elfdalian: luo — wild cat
• Esperanto: linko — wild cat
• Estonian: ilves — wild cat
• Faroese: geypa — wild cat
• Finnish: ilves — wild cat
• French: lynx — wild cat
• French: loup-cervier — wild cat
• Old French: luberne — wild cat
• West-Frisian: lynks — wild cat
• Friulian: linç — wild cat
• Galician: lobicán — wild cat
• Galician: loberno — wild cat
• Galician: lobo rabaz — wild cat
• Galician: lince — wild cat
• Georgian: ფოცხვერი (pocxveri) — wild cat
• German: Luchs — wild cat
• Greek: λύγκας (lýgkas) — wild cat
• Ancient Greek: λύγξ (lúnx) — wild cat
• Greenlandic: qitsuarsuk — wild cat
• Hebrew: שֻׁנָּר — wild cat
• Hebrew: שונר — wild cat
• Hindi: लिंक्स (liṅks) — wild cat
• Hindi: बनबिलाव (banbilāv) — wild cat
• Hungarian: hiúz — wild cat
• Icelandic: gaupa — wild cat
• Indonesian: kucing kutub — wild cat
• Ingrian: ilves — wild cat
• Ingrian: ilvessusi — wild cat
• Ingrian: ilveskissa — wild cat
• Ingush: чоабол (čoabol) — wild cat
• Interlingua: lynce — wild cat
• Inupiaq: niutuuyiq — wild cat
• Irish: lincse — wild cat
• Italian: lince — wild cat
• Japanese: ヤマネコ (yamaneko) — wild cat
• Japanese: 山猫 (yamaneko) — wild cat
• Japanese: オオヤマネコ (ōyamaneko) — wild cat
• Japanese: 大山猫 (ōyamaneko) — wild cat
• Japanese: リンクス (rinkusu) — wild cat
• Javanese: lingkes — wild cat
• Kalmyk: шилүсн (şilüsn) — wild cat
• Kazakh: сілеусін (sıleusın) — wild cat
• Kazakh: ілбиін (ılbiın) — wild cat
• Kazakh: інсін (ınsın) — wild cat
• Komi-Zyrian: рысь (ryś) — wild cat
• Komi-Zyrian: вӧркань (vörkań) — wild cat
• Korean: 스라소니 (seurasoni) — wild cat
• Central Kurdish: وەشەک (weşek) — wild cat
• Kyrgyz: сүлөөсүн (sülöösün) — wild cat
• Ladin: lustrel — wild cat
• Latgalian: lyuss — wild cat
• Latin: lynx — wild cat
• Latin: chama — wild cat
• Latvian: lūsis — wild cat
• Lithuanian: lūšis — wild cat
• Low German: Luchs — wild cat
• Low German: Loss — wild cat
• Low German: Los — wild cat
• Luxembourgish: Luchs — wild cat
• Luxembourgish: Luuss — wild cat
• Macedonian: рис (ris) — wild cat
• Maltese: linċi — wild cat
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun) — wild cat
• Eastern Mari: шурмаҥше (šurmaŋše) — wild cat
• Western Mari: сырмы (syrmy) — wild cat
• Mingrelian: ფორცხოლი (porcxoli) — wild cat
• Central Sierra Miwok: tolˑomˑa- — wild cat
• Mongolian: шилүүс (šilüüs) — wild cat
• Nanai: тугде (tugʒe) — wild cat
• Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí — wild cat
• Norwegian Bokmål: gaupe — wild cat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gaupe — wild cat
• Occitan: lop cervièr — wild cat
• Occitan: linx — wild cat
• Ojibwe: bizhiw — wild cat
• Old Church Slavonic: рꙑсь (rysĭ) — wild cat
• Old English: lox — wild cat
• Ottawa: bzhiw — wild cat
• Persian: وشق (vašaq) — wild cat
• Persian: سیاهگوش (siyâh-guš) — wild cat
• Polish: ryś — wild cat
• Portuguese: lince — wild cat
• Q'eqchi: yak — wild cat
• Quechua: linsi — wild cat
• Romani: divlio-murtano — wild cat
• Romani: divlio-mutsa — wild cat
• Romanian: linx — wild cat
• Romanian: râs — wild cat
• Romansh: luf tscherver — wild cat
• Russian: рысь (rysʹ) — wild cat
• Akkala Sami: ilbas — wild cat
• Northern Sami: albbas — wild cat
• Southern Sami: råate — wild cat
• Sardinian: linci — wild cat
• Sardinian: lintze — wild cat
• Scottish Gaelic: linceach — wild cat
• Scottish Gaelic: lioncs — wild cat
• Serbo-Croatian: рис — wild cat
• Serbo-Croatian: ris — wild cat
• Sicilian: linci — wild cat
• Slovak: rys — wild cat
• Slovene: ris — wild cat
• Lower Sorbian: rys — wild cat
• Upper Sorbian: rys — wild cat
• Spanish: lince — wild cat
• Swahili: linksi — wild cat
• Swedish: lo — wild cat
• Swedish: lodjur — wild cat
• Tagalog: linse — wild cat
• Tajik: силовсин (silovsin) — wild cat
• Tajik: вашақ (vašaq) — wild cat
• Tatar: селәүсен (seläwsen) — wild cat
• Thai: ลิงซ์ (líng) — wild cat
• Turkish: vaşak — wild cat
• Udmurt: балян (baľan) — wild cat
• Ukrainian: рись (rysʹ) — wild cat
• Uyghur: سۈلەيسۈن (süleysün) — wild cat
• Uzbek: silovsin — wild cat
• Venetan: lenze — wild cat
• Vietnamese: linh miêu — wild cat
• Volapük: lünk — wild cat
• Volapük: luxaf — wild cat
• Welsh: lyncs — wild cat
• Winnebago: wicąwą kereš — wild cat
• Yakut: бэдэр (beder) — wild cat
• Zazaki: vasağ — wild cat
• Zazaki: liniks — wild cat
• Zazaki: lusan — wild cat