English
A cheetah
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चीता ( cītā , “ leopard, panther ” ) , ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र ( citra , “ multicolored, speckled ” ) (akin to Old High German haitar ( “ bright ” ) [1] > German heiter ; Old Norse heiðr ( “ bright ” ) ) + Sanskrit काय ( kāya , “ body ” ) , thus “having a spotted body”.
Pronunciation
Noun
cheetah (plural cheetahs )
A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus ) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard , but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.
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Translations
Acinonyx jubatus
Afrikaans: jagluiperd (af)
Albanian: gepardi
Arabic: فَهْد (ar) m ( fahd ) , شِيتَه f ( šītah )
Armenian: վագրակատու (hy) ( vagrakatu ) , ընձառյուծ (hy) ( ənjaṙyuc ) , հովազառյուծ (hy) ( hovazaṙyuc )
Assamese: চিতা বাঘ ( sita bagh )
Azerbaijani: çita
Basque: gepardo
Belarusian: гепа́рд m ( hjepárd )
Bengali: চিতা ( cita )
Bulgarian: гепа́рд (bg) m ( gepárd )
Catalan: guepard
Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ ᎠᎦᏣᏄᎳ ( tlvdatsi agatsanula )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獵豹 / 猎豹 (zh) ( lièbào ) , 猎豹 (zh) ( lièbào )
Czech: gepard m
Danish: gepard c
Dutch: jachtluipaard (nl) m or n , cheeta (nl) m
Esperanto: gepardo
Estonian: gepard
Finnish: gepardi (fi)
French: guépard (fr) m
Georgian: ავაზა ( avaza )
German: Gepard (de) m
Greek: γατόπαρδος (el) m ( gatópardos )
Gujarati: ચિત્તો ( citto )
Hebrew: ברדלס (he) m ( bardelás ) , צ׳יטה f ( chíta )
Hindi: चीता (hi) m ( cītā )
Hungarian: gepárd (hu)
Icelandic: blettatígur (is) m
Ido: gepardo (io)
Indonesian: cheetah
Irish: síota m , liopard fiaigh m
Italian: ghepardo (it) m
Japanese: チーター (ja) ( chītā ) , 狩猟豹 ( しゅりょうひょう, shuryōhyō )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 치타 (ko) ( chita )
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Latvian: gepards m
Lithuanian: gepardas m
Macedonian: гепард m ( gepard )
Malay:
Jawi: چيته
Rumi: citah
Maori: tīta
Marathi: चीता m ( cītā )
Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭥𐭮𐭩 ( yōz )
Mongolian: үчимбэр ( üčimber )
Navajo: náshdóí dilwoʼí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gepard m
Nynorsk: gepard m
Persian: یوزپلنگ (fa) ( yuzpalang ) , چیتا ( čitâ ) , یوز (fa) ( yûz )
Polish: gepard (pl) m
Portuguese: guepardo (pt) m , chita (pt) f
Romanian: ghepard (ro) m
Russian: гепа́рд (ru) m ( gepárd )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гепард m
Roman: gepard (sh) m
Slovak: gepard (sk) m
Slovene: gepard (sl) m
Somali: harimacad
Spanish: guepardo (es) m , chita (es) m
Swahili: duma (sw)
Swedish: gepard (sv) c , jaktleopard c
Tagalog: gepardo
Thai: ชีตาห์ ( chii-dtâa )
Turkish: çita (tr)
Ukrainian: гепа́рд m ( hepárd )
Urdu: چیتا m ( cītā )
Vietnamese: báo săn , báo bờm , báo ghêpa
Welsh: llewpart hela m , tsita m
Wolof: tene mi (wo)
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