English Explanatory Dictionary

wild cat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
  2. A feral cat.
  3. Alternative form of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes.
  4. Alternative form of wildcat in its other extended senses.

Word forms

wild cat wild cats wild-cat wildcat

Etymology

From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat.

Synonyms

big cat great cat

Antonyms

domestic cat domesticated cat house cat

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 野貓 /野猫 Finnish: villikissa French: chat sauvage German: Wildkatze Greek: αγριόγατα Hungarian: vadmacska Kalmyk: зерлг мис Russian: ди́кая ко́шка Russian: ди́кий кот Thai: แมวป่า
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