lynx

See also: Lynx

English

Lynx pardinus

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) lynx, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) lynx, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) λύγξ (lúnx), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t, because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Replaced (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) lox.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭngks,
• (US, also) enPR: lēngks,
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: links

Noun

lynx (plural lynxes)

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

Derived terms

terms derived from lynx

• desert lynx
• African lynx
• Eurasian lynx
• Iberian lynx

• Indian lynx
• Persian lynx
• swamp lynx

Translations

wild cat

• Albanian: rrëqebull
• Algonquin: pijiw
• Armenian: լուսան (hy) (lusan)
• Asturian: lince m, llince m
• (deprecated template usage) Basque: katamotz (eu)
• Belarusian: рысь f (rys’)
• Breton: liñs
• Bulgarian: рис (bg) m (ris)
• Catalan: linx m
• Central Sierra Miwok: tolˑomˑa-
• Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (gvhe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猞猁 (zh) (shēlì), 山貓／山猫 (shānmāo), 山猫 (zh) (shānmāo)

• Cree: ᐱᔔ (pishoo), pishuu
• Czech: rys (cs) m
• Danish: los (da)
• Dutch: lynx (nl) m
• Esperanto: linko
• Estonian: ilves (et)
• Faroese: geypa
• Finnish: ilves (fi)
• French: lynx (fr) m
• Friulian: linç
• Galician: lince (gl) m
• Georgian: ფოცხვერი (pocxveri)
• German: Luchs (de) m
• Greek: λύγκας (el) m (lýgkas)
• Hungarian: hiúz (hu)
• Icelandic: gaupa (is) f
• Interlingua: lynce
• Irish: lincse
• Italian: lince (it) f
• Japanese: ヤマネコ (yamaneko), 山猫 (やまねこ, yamaneko), オオヤマネコ (ōyamaneko), 大山猫 (おおやまねこ, ōyamaneko)
• Korean: 스라소니 (seurasoni)
• Ladin: lustrel
• Latgalian: mežakačs m
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• Latin: lynx (la) c
• Latvian: lūsis
• Lithuanian: lūšis (lt)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: lokks, los

  German Low German: luks, loss

• Lower Sorbian: rys
• Macedonian: рис (mk) m (ris)
• Mongolian: шилүүс (šilüüs)
• Montagnais: pishu
• Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí
• Northern Sami: albbas
• Norwegian: gaupe (no)
• Occitan: linx m
• Persian: وشق (fa) (vašaq), سیاه‌گوش (siyâh-guš)
• Polish: ryś (pl) f
• Portuguese: lince (pt) m
• Quechua: linsi
• Romani: divlio-murtano m, divlio-mutsa f
• Romanian: linx (ro)
• Romansch: luf tscherver
• Russian: рысь (ru) f (rys’)
• Sardinian: linci, lintze
• Scottish Gaelic: lioncs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рис m

  Roman: ris m

• Sicilian: linci
• Slovak: rys m
• Slovene: ris (sl) m
• Spanish: lince (es) m
• Swahili: linksi
• Swedish: lo (sv) c, lodjur (sv) n
• Turkish: vaşak (tr)
• Ukrainian: рись f (rys’)
• Upper Sorbian: rys
• Venetian: lenze
• Volapük: (♂♀) lünk (vo), (♂) hilünk, (♀) jilünk, (♂♀ offspring, young) lünkül, (♂ offspring) hilünkül, (♀ offspring) jilünkül, (older term) luxaf
• Welsh: lyncs
• West Frisian: lynks

External links

• lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

1. lynx

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lynx m (plural lynx)

1. a lynx

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Latin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) λύγξ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /lʏnks/

Noun

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.

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, onça (via French)
• Quechua: linsi
• Romanian: linx
• Sardinian: linci, lintze
• Scottish Gaelic: lioncs

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