English Explanatory Dictionary

panther

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.
  2. Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
  3. A cougar; especially the Florida panther.
  4. A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.
  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).
noun
  1. A member of the Black Panther Party, White Panther Party or Gray Panthers.

Pronunciation

/ˈpænθəɹ/ /ˈpænθə/ /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/ /ˈpeɪntə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-panther.wav

Word forms

panther panthers

Etymology

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

Antonyms

cougar cradle robber cub

Derived words

black panther manther mountain panther panther cap panther chameleon Panther Creek pantheresque pantheress pantherine pantherish pantherlike panther lily sea panther snow panther werepanther

Translations

Abkhaz: апанте́ра Arabic: نَمِر أَسْوَد Arabic: فَهْد Armenian: հովազ Assamese: ঘোং Azerbaijani: panter Belarusian: пантэ́ра Bulgarian: панте́ра Chinese Mandarin: 黑豹 Chinese Mandarin: 豹子 Chinese Mandarin: 豹 Czech: panter Danish: panter Dutch: panter Esperanto: nigra pantero Finnish: musta pantteri French: panthère noire Galician: pantera negra Georgian: ავაზა Georgian: ჯიქი Georgian: პანტერა German: Panther German: Panter Greek: πάνθηρας Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּר שָׁחֹר Hungarian: fekete párduc Icelandic: pardusdýr Italian: pantera nera Japanese: 豹 Japanese: パンサー Korean: 흑표범 Latvian: melnā pantera Malay: harimau kumbang Malay: harimau peturun Malayalam: കരിമ്പുലി Māori: panata Middle English: pantere Norman: nièr léopard Norwegian Bokmål: panter Norwegian Nynorsk: panter Occitan: pantèra Persian: پلنگ Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭭𐭪𐭩 Polish: pantera Portuguese: pantera-negra Romanian: panteră neagră Russian: панте́ра Scottish Gaelic: paindeal
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