lynx

See also Lynx

English

Lynx pardinus

Etymology

From Middle English lynx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lunx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Replaced Old English lox.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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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.

Derived terms

terms derived from lynx

Eurasian lynx Iberian lynx Persian lynx

African lynx swamp lynx

Translations

wild cat

• Albanian: rrëqebull (sq)
• Algonquin: pijiw
• Armenian: լուսան (hy) (lusan)
• Basque: ipar katamotz
• Belarusian: рысь (be) (rys’) f
• Breton: lińs (br)
• Bulgarian: рис (bg) (ris) m
• Catalan: linx (ca) m
• Central Sierra Miwok: tolˑomˑa-
• Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (chr) (gvhe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猞猁 (cmn) (shēlì), 山貓 (cmn), 山猫 (cmn) (shānmāo)

• Cree: ᐱᔔ (cr), pishuu (cr)
• 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 (gl) m
• Georgian: ფოცხვერი (ka) (p'oc'xveri)
• German: Luchs (de) m
• Greek: λύγκας (el) (lýgkas) m
• Hungarian: hiúz (hu)
• Icelandic: gaupa (is) f
• Interlingua: lynce (ia)
• Irish: lincse (ga)
• Italian: lince (it) f
• Japanese: ヤマネコ (ja) (yamaneko), 山猫 (ja) (やまねこ, yamaneko), オオヤマネコ (ja) (ōyamaneko), 大山猫 (ja) (おおやまねこ, ōyamaneko)
• Korean: 스라소니 (ko) (seurasoni)
• Ladin: lustrel
• Latgalian: mežakačs m

• Latin: lynx (la) c
• Latvian: lūsis (lv)
• 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 (oc) 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 (rm)
• Russian: рысь (ru) (rys’) f
• Sami: albbas
• Sardinian: linci (sc), lintze (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: lioncs (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рис (sh) m

  Roman: 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 (hsb)
• Venetian: lenze
• Volapük: (♂♀) lünk (vo), (♂) hilünk (vo), (♀) jilünk (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) lünkül (vo), (♂ offspring) hilünkül (vo), (♀ offspring) jilünkül (vo), (older term) luxaf (vo)
• Welsh: lyncs (cy)
• West Frisian: lynks (fy)

External links

• Lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lynx on Wikispecies. Wikispecies

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Pronunciation

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Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje)

1. lynx

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Pronunciation

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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, once

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

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