Phrase guide

red panda

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An omnivorous mammal of the genus Ailurus, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia, which has dark red fur and a ringed tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bear cat, cat bear, panda, lesser panda

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lesser panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: procyonid

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَانْدَا أَحْمَر (bāndā ʔaḥmar) — Ailurus
  • Assamese: পাণ্ডা (panda) — Ailurus
  • Bulgarian: червена панда (červena panda) — Ailurus
  • Catalan: panda petit — Ailurus
  • Catalan: panda vermell — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小熊貓 /小熊猫 (xiǎoxióngmāo) — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅熊貓 /红熊猫 (hóngxióngmāo) — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅貓熊 /红猫熊 (hóngmāoxióng) — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 九節狼 /九节狼 (jiǔjiéláng) — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金狗 (jīngǒu) — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喜馬拉雅小貓熊 /喜马拉雅小猫熊 (Xǐmǎlāyǎ xiǎomāoxióng) — Ailurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西方小熊猫 (Xīfāng xiǎoxióngmāo) — Ailurus
  • Czech: panda červená — Ailurus
  • Czech: panda malá — Ailurus
  • Danish: rød panda — Ailurus
  • Danish: lille panda — Ailurus
  • Danish: kattebjørn — Ailurus
  • Dutch: kleine panda — Ailurus
  • Dutch: rode panda — Ailurus
  • Dutch: katbeer — Ailurus
  • Esperanto: malgranda pando — Ailurus
  • Esperanto: ruĝa pando — Ailurus
  • Finnish: pikkupanda — Ailurus
  • Finnish: kultapanda — Ailurus
  • Finnish: kissakarhu — Ailurus
  • French: petit panda — Ailurus
  • French: panda roux — Ailurus
  • French: panda éclatant — Ailurus
  • Georgian: წითელი პანდა (c̣iteli ṗanda) — Ailurus
  • German: Roter Panda — Ailurus
  • German: Kleiner Panda — Ailurus
  • Greek: κόκκινο πάντα (kókkino pánta) — Ailurus
  • Greenlandic: panda aappaluttoq — Ailurus
  • Hebrew: פנדה אדומה — Ailurus
  • Irish: panda rua — Ailurus
  • Italian: panda minore — Ailurus
  • Italian: panda rosso — Ailurus
  • Japanese: レッサーパンダ (ressā panda) — Ailurus
  • Korean: 레서판다 (reseopanda) — Ailurus
  • Malay: ڤندا ميره — Ailurus
  • Malay: panda merah — Ailurus
  • Nepali: हाब्रे (hābre) — Ailurus
  • Norwegian: rød panda — Ailurus
  • Norwegian: kattebjørn — Ailurus
  • Occitan: panda roge — Ailurus
  • Polish: panda mała — Ailurus
  • Polish: panda — Ailurus
  • Polish: panda czerwona — Ailurus
  • Polish: panda mniejsza — Ailurus
  • Polish: panda ruda — Ailurus
  • Polish: pandka ruda — Ailurus
  • Portuguese: panda-vermelho — Ailurus
  • Romanian: panda roșu — Ailurus
  • Russian: ма́лая па́нда (málaja pánda) — Ailurus
  • Spanish: panda rojo — Ailurus
  • Swedish: kattbjörn — Ailurus
  • Swedish: mindre panda — Ailurus
  • Swedish: röd panda — Ailurus
  • Swedish: eldräv — Ailurus
  • Tagalog: pandang pula — Ailurus
  • Tamil: சிவப்பு பாண்டா (civappu pāṇṭā) — Ailurus
  • Thai: แพนด้าแดง (pɛɛn-dâa-dɛɛng) — Ailurus
  • Tibetan: བྱི་ལ་དོམ་ཆུང (byi la dom chung) — Ailurus
  • Tibetan: དོམ་ཁྲ་དམར་ཆུང (dom khra dmar chung) — Ailurus
  • Turkish: kızıl panda — Ailurus
  • Turkish: küçük panda — Ailurus
  • Uyghur: كىچىك مۈشۈكئېيىق (kichik müshük'ëyiq) — Ailurus
  • Vietnamese: gấu trúc đỏ — Ailurus
  • Vietnamese: gấu trúc nhỏ — Ailurus
  • Vietnamese: gấu mèo đỏ — Ailurus