lobo-cerval
Portuguese
Etymology
From lobo (“wolf”) + cerval (“cervine”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bu.seʁˈvaw/ [ˌlo.bu.seɦˈvaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bu.seɾˈvaw/ [ˌlo.bu.seɾˈvaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bu.seʁˈvaw/ [ˌlo.bu.seʁˈvaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bo.seɻˈvaw/ [ˌlo.bo.seɻˈvaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bu.sɨɾˈval/ [ˌlo.βu.sɨɾˈvaɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bu.sɨɾˈbal/ [ˌlo.βu.sɨɾˈβaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌlo.bu.sɨɾˈva.li/ [ˌlo.βu.sɨɾˈva.li]
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo‧-cer‧val
Noun
lobo-cerval m (plural lobos-cervais)
- (zoology) Iberian lynx
- Synonym: lince-ibérico
Further reading
- “lobo-cerval”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025