civeta

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Possibly reborrowed via French civette.

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Noun

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civeta f (plural civetes)

  1. a civet, particularly the African civet (Civettictis civetta)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād).[1] Doublet of zibeta.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ci‧ve‧ta

Noun

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civeta f (plural civetas)

  1. civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)
    Synonym: gato-de-algália

References

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  1. ^ civeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French civette.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈbeta/ [θiˈβ̞e.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈbeta/ [siˈβ̞e.t̪a]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: ci‧ve‧ta

Noun

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civeta f (plural civetas)

  1. civet (cat-like animal)

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