civeta

Ultimately from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Possibly reborrowed via French civette.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [siˈβɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [siˈvə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈve.ta]

civeta f (plural civetes)

1. a civet, particularly an African civet (Civettictis civetta)

• civeta de palmera

• “civeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “civeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād).^[1] Doublet of zibeta.

• Hyphenation: ci‧ve‧ta

civeta f (plural civetas)

1. civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)

   Synonym: gato-de-algália

Borrowed from French civette.

• IPA^(key): /θiˈbeta/ [θiˈβ̞e.t̪a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siˈbeta/ [siˈβ̞e.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ci‧ve‧ta

civeta f (plural civetas)

1. civet (cat-like animal)

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