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panther

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈpænθəɹ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpænθə/
  • Southern-US, obsolete: /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-US, obsolete: /ˈpeɪntə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 N TH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any big cat of the genus Panthera.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A cougar; especially the Florida panther.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: cougar, cradle robber, cub

5

noun

Meaning 5

A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, human-sciences, lifestyle, monarchy, mysticism, mythology, nobility, philosophy, politics, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A member of the Black Panther Party, White Panther Party or Gray Panthers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

large American feline resembling a lion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, Felis concolor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildcat

8

noun

Meaning 8

a leopard in the black color phase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leopard, Panthera pardus

9

noun

Meaning 9

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: jaguar, Panthera onca, Felis onca

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: big cat, cat

History

Etymology

From Middle English pantere, panter, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: апанте́ра (apʼantʼéra) — big cat with black fur
  • Arabic: نَمِر أَسْوَد (namir ʔaswad) — big cat with black fur
  • Arabic: فَهْد (fahd) — big cat with black fur
  • Armenian: հովազ (hovaz) — big cat with black fur
  • Assamese: ঘোং (ghüṅ) — big cat with black fur
  • Azerbaijani: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Belarusian: пантэ́ра (pantéra) — big cat with black fur
  • Bulgarian: панте́ра (pantéra) — big cat with black fur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēibào) — big cat with black fur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豹子 (bàozi) — big cat with black fur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豹 (bào) — big cat with black fur
  • Czech: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Danish: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Dutch: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Esperanto: nigra pantero — big cat with black fur
  • Finnish: musta pantteri — big cat with black fur
  • French: panthère noire — big cat with black fur
  • Galician: pantera negra — big cat with black fur
  • Georgian: ავაზა (avaza) — big cat with black fur
  • Georgian: ჯიქი (ǯiki) — big cat with black fur
  • Georgian: პანტერა (ṗanṭera) — big cat with black fur
  • German: Panther — big cat with black fur
  • German: Panter — big cat with black fur
  • Greek: πάνθηρας (pánthiras) — big cat with black fur
  • Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּר שָׁחֹר (pantér šaḥór) — big cat with black fur
  • Hungarian: fekete párduc — big cat with black fur
  • Icelandic: pardusdýr — big cat with black fur
  • Italian: pantera nera — big cat with black fur
  • Japanese: 豹 (hyō) — big cat with black fur
  • Japanese: パンサー (pansā) — big cat with black fur
  • Korean: 흑표범 (heukpyobeom) — big cat with black fur
  • Latvian: melnā pantera — big cat with black fur
  • Malay: harimau kumbang — big cat with black fur
  • Malay: harimau peturun — big cat with black fur
  • Malayalam: കരിമ്പുലി (karimpuli) — big cat with black fur
  • Māori: panata — big cat with black fur
  • Middle English: pantere — big cat with black fur
  • Norman: nièr léopard — big cat with black fur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Occitan: pantèra — big cat with black fur
  • Persian: پلنگ (palang) — big cat with black fur
  • Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭭𐭪𐭩 — big cat with black fur
  • Polish: pantera — big cat with black fur
  • Portuguese: pantera-negra — big cat with black fur
  • Romanian: panteră neagră — big cat with black fur
  • Russian: панте́ра (pantɛ́ra) — big cat with black fur
  • Scottish Gaelic: paindeal — big cat with black fur
  • Spanish: pantera negra — big cat with black fur
  • Swedish: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Tagalog: pantera — big cat with black fur
  • Thai: เสือดํา (sʉ̌ʉa-dam) — big cat with black fur
  • Turkish: panter — big cat with black fur
  • Ukrainian: панте́ра (pantéra) — big cat with black fur
  • Vietnamese: báo đen — big cat with black fur
  • Wolof: segg mu ñuul — big cat with black fur
  • Albanian: panterë — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Arabic: نَمِر (namir) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Arabic: نِمْر (nimr) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Arabic: نَمِر أَسْوَد (namir ʔaswad) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Arabic: فَهْد (fahd) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Armenian: հովազ (hovaz) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ (tlvdatsi) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēi bào) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豹子 (bàozi) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豹 (bào) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Coptic: ϫⲓⲕⲣⲏⲥ (jikrēs) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Danish: panter — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Dutch: panter — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Egyptian: Ab-b-i-i-E24 (ꜣby) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Esperanto: pantero — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Finnish: suurkissa — big cat of genus Panthera
  • French: panthère — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Galician: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Georgian: ჯიქი (ǯiki) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Georgian: ავაზა (avaza) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • German: Panther — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Greek: πάνθηρας (pánthiras) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Ancient Greek: πάνθηρ (pánthēr) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Hungarian: párduc — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Italian: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Japanese: 豹 (hyō) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Japanese: ヒョウ (hyō) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Japanese: パンサー (pansā) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Kazakh: бабыр (babyr) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Latvian: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Malay: harimau — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Middle English: pantere — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: panter — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: panter — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Persian: پلنگ (palang) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Polish: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Portuguese: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Romanian: panteră — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Russian: панте́ра (pantɛ́ra) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Serbo-Croatian: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Swedish: panter — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Tagalog: pantera — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Thai: เสือดํา (sʉ̌ʉa-dam) — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Turkish: panter — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Turkish: pars — big cat of genus Panthera
  • Ottoman Turkish: یوز (yuz) — big cat of genus Panthera
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