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manul

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small wild cat of Central Asia, Otocolobus manul.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pallas' cat, steppe cat

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pallas's cat, Felis manul

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildcat

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ману́л (manúl), from Mongolian мануул (manuul)/ᠮᠠᠨᠤᠤᠯ (manuul).

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سنور مغولي — Otocolobus manul
  • Arabic: قط بالاس — Otocolobus manul
  • Armenian: մանուլ (manul) — Otocolobus manul
  • Assamese: মানুল মেকুৰী (manul mekuri) — Otocolobus manul
  • Avar: манул (manul) — Otocolobus manul
  • Azerbaijani: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Azerbaijani: çöl pişiyi — Otocolobus manul
  • Breton: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Breton: kazh Pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Bulgarian: манул (manul) — Otocolobus manul
  • Catalan: gat de Pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兔猻 /兔狲 (tùsūn) — Otocolobus manul
  • Czech: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Czech: kočka stepní — Otocolobus manul
  • Dutch: manoel — Otocolobus manul
  • Dutch: pallaskat — Otocolobus manul
  • Esperanto: palasa kato — Otocolobus manul
  • Estonian: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Finnish: arokissa — Otocolobus manul
  • French: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • French: chat de Pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Georgian: მანული (manuli) — Otocolobus manul
  • German: Manul — Otocolobus manul
  • German: Pallaskatze — Otocolobus manul
  • Hungarian: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Hungarian: pusztai macska — Otocolobus manul
  • Hungarian: Pallas-macska — Otocolobus manul
  • Indonesian: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Indonesian: kucing Pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Italian: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Italian: gatto di Pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Italian: gatto delle steppe — Otocolobus manul
  • Japanese: マヌルネコ (manuru-neko) — Otocolobus manul
  • Lithuanian: manulas — Otocolobus manul
  • Mongolian: мануул (manuul) — Otocolobus manul
  • Mongolian: Палласын муур (Pallasyn muur) — Otocolobus manul
  • Norwegian: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Norwegian: pallaskatt — Otocolobus manul
  • Polish: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Portuguese: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Portuguese: gato-de-pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Russian: ману́л (manúl) — Otocolobus manul
  • Russian: палла́сов кот (pallásov kot) — Otocolobus manul
  • Spanish: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Spanish: gato de Pallas — Otocolobus manul
  • Swedish: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Swedish: pallaskatt — Otocolobus manul
  • Turkish: bozkır kedisi — Otocolobus manul
  • Turkish: manul — Otocolobus manul
  • Ukrainian: манул (manul) — Otocolobus manul