English Explanatory Dictionary

puma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
  2. Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
  3. A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
name
  1. A village in the Solomon Islands.
  2. An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
  3. A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
noun
  1. An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.

Pronunciation

/puːmə/ /pjuːmə/ en-au-puma.ogg

Word forms

puma pumas

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Quechuan *puma Quechua pumabor. Spanish pumabor. English puma Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma.

Derived words

pumalike pumapard werepuma
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