# serval
## English
### Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈsɜːvəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: sûrʹvəl, IPA: /ˈsɝvəl/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vəl

### Noun

serval (plural servals)
* A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Lavers, arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, slaver, velars, versal

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛrval]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

serval m anim
* serval (Leptailurus serval)

##### Derived terms

* servalí

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

serval
* masculine singular past active participle of servat

### Further reading

* “serval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “serval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “serval”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛr.vɑl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ser‧val

### Noun

serval m (plural servals)
* serval (Leptailurus serval)
    Synonym: woestijnlynx

#### Derived terms

* servalkat

### Further reading

* “serval” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
* serval on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛʁ.val/
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Noun

serval m (plural servaux)
* serval

#### Descendants

* → English: serval
* → German: Serval
* → Portuguese: serval
* Translingual: Felis serval

### Further reading

* “serval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”). See more on the doublet of cerval.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /seʁˈvaw/ [seɦˈvaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /seɾˈvaw/ [seɾˈvaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seʁˈvaw/ [seʁˈvaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seɻˈvaw/ [seɻˈvaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈval/ [sɨɾˈvaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈval/ [sɨɾˈvaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈbal/ [sɨɾˈβaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈva.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Homophone: cerval
* Hyphenation: ser‧val

### Noun

serval m (plural servais)
* serval (Leptailurus serval)

### References

* ↑ “serval”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “serval”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French serval.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /serˈval/

### Noun

serval m (plural servali)
* serval

#### Declension
### Further reading

* serval in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ser‧val

### Noun

serval m (plural servales)
* serval

#### Related terms

* ciervo

### Further reading

* “serval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10