lynx

See also Lynx

English

Lynx pardinus

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English lynx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lunx). Replaced Old English lox.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭngks, IPA: /lɪŋks/, SAMPA: /lINks/

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• Homophone: links
• Rhymes: -ɪŋks

Noun

lynx (plural lynxes)

1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

Translations

wild cat

Albanian: rrëqebull (sq) Armenian: լուսան (hy) (lusan) Basque: ipar katamotz Belarusian: рысь (be) (rys’) f. Breton: lińs Bulgarian: рис (bg) (ris) m. Catalan: linx (ca) m. Central Sierra Miwok: tolˑomˑa- Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (chr) (gvhe) Chinese: Mandarin: 猞猁 (zh) (shēlì), 山貓 (zh), 山猫 (zh) (shānmāo) Cree: ᐱᔔ, pishuu Croatian: ris (hr) Czech: rys (cs) m. Danish: los (da) Dutch: lynx (nl) m. Esperanto: linko (eo) Estonian: ilves (et) Faroese: geypa (fo) Finnish: ilves (fi) French: lynx (fr) m. Friulian: linç Galician: lince m. Georgian: ფოცხვერი (ka) (p'oc'xveri) German: Luchs (de) m. Greek: λύγκας (el) m. Hungarian: hiúz (hu) Icelandic: gaupa (is) f. Interlingua: lynce (ia) Irish: lincse Italian: lince (it) f. Japanese: ヤマネコ (ja) (yamaneko), 山猫 (ja) (やまねこ, yamaneko) Korean: 스라소니 (ko) (seurasoni) Ladin: lustrel Latgalian: mežakačs m. Latin: lynx (la) c.

Latvian: lūsis Lithuanian: lūšis (lt) Lower Sorbian: rys Macedonian: рис (mk) (ris) m. Mongolian: шилүүс (mn) (šilüüs) Montagnais: pishu Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí Norwegian: gaupe (no) Occitan: linx m. Polish: ryś (pl) f. Portuguese: lince (pt) m. Quechua: linsi (qu) Romani: divlio-murtano m. divlio-mutsa f. Romanian: linx (ro) Romansch: luf tscherver Russian: рысь (ru) (rys’) f. Sami: albbas Sardinian: linci, lintze Scottish Gaelic: lioncs (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: рис (sh) m., ris (sh) m. Sicilian: linci (scn) Slovak: rys (sk) m. Slovene: ris (sl) m. Spanish: lince (es) m. Swahili: linksi (sw) Swedish: lo (sv) c., lodjur (sv) n. Turkish: vaşak (tr) Ukrainian: рись (uk) (rys’) f. Upper Sorbian: rys Venetian: lenze Volapük: (male or female) lünk (vo), (male) hilünk (vo), (female) jilünk (vo), (male or female offspring, young) lünkül (vo), (male offspring, young) hilünkül (vo), (female offspring, young) jilünkül (vo), (older term, male or female) luxaf (vo) Welsh: lyncs West Frisian: lynks

Related terms

• Eurasian lynx
• Iberian lynx

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Pronunciation

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Noun

lynx m. (^??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

1. a lynx

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Noun

lynx m. (plural lynx)

1. a lynx

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lunks).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /lʏnks/

Noun

lynx (genitive lyncis); c, third declension

1. A lynx

   Colla lyncum.

   The necks of the lynxes.

   • Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)

     Quin et Prometheus et Pelopis parens

     dulci laborem decipitur sono

     nec curat Orion leones

     aut timidos agitare lyncas

     Prometheus too and Pelops' sire

     In listening lose the sense of woe;

     Orion hearkens to the lyre,

     And lets the lynx and lion go.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lynx	lyncēs
genitive	lyncis	lyncum
dative	lyncī	lyncibus
accusative	lyncem	lyncēs
ablative	lynce	lyncibus
vocative	lynx	lyncēs

Descendants

Breton: lińs Catalan: linx Dutch: lynx English: lynx Esperanto: linko French: lynx

Friulian: linç Galician: lince Ido: linco Interlingua: lynce Irish: lincse Italian: lince

Occitan: linx Portuguese: lince Quechua: linsi Romanian: linx Sardinian: linci, lintze Scottish Gaelic: lioncs

Sicilian: linci Spanish: lince Swahili: linksi Venetian: lenze Welsh: lyncs West Frisian: lynks