feline

See also: féline

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlaɪn/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfilaɪn/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɑen/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈfiːlɑe̯n]
• Rhymes: -iːlaɪn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).

Adjective

feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)

1. Of or pertaining to cats.

   feline behaviour

   feline expert

   The tiger is a feline predator.

2. catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.

   feline character

   feline movement

   She moved with feline grace.

Synonyms

• catly

Derived terms

• feline distemper
• feline hyperesthesia syndrome
• feline infectious peritonitis
• felinekind
• felinely
• felineness
• felinicide
• felinize
• felinoid
• felinology
• felinophile
• felinophobe
• felinophobia
• nonfeline
• unfeline

Translations

of or pertaining to cats

• Arabic: سِنَّوْرِيّ (sinnawriyy)
• Belarusian: каця́чы (kacjáčy), кашэ́чы (kašéčy), каці́ны (kacíny), каша́чы (kašáčy)
• Bulgarian: ко́тешки (kóteški)
• Catalan: felí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓的 / 猫的 (zh) (māo de)

• Czech: kočičí (cs)
• Dutch: katachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: kata (eo)
• Finnish: kissa- (fi)
• French: félin (fr)
• Galician: felino (gl)
• German: Katzen- (de)
• Greek: αιλουροειδής (el) (ailouroeidís)
• Indonesian: kekucingan, seperti kucing
• Irish: catúil
• Italian: felino (it)
• Japanese: ネコの (ja) (neko no)
• Korean: 고양이의 (ko) (goyang'i-ui)
• Latin: fēlīnus
• Macedonian: мачји (mačji), мачешки (mačeški)
• Malay: kucing (ms), kekucingan, felin
• Occitan: felin (oc)
• Polish: koci (pl)
• Portuguese: felino (pt)
• Romanian: felin (ro) m
• Russian: коша́чий (ru) (košáčij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̏чјӣ

  Latin: mȁčjī (sh)

• Slovak: mačací
• Slovene: mačji
• Spanish: felino (es)
• Ukrainian: котя́чий (kotjáčyj), коша́чий (košáčyj)
• Volapük: katik
• Welsh: cathaidd (cy)

catlike

• Catalan: felí (ca)
• Dutch: katachtig (nl)
• Finnish: kissamainen (fi), kissa- (fi)
• French: félin (fr)
• German: katzenartig (de), katzenhaft (de)
• Indonesian: lirkucing
• Irish: catúil
• Italian: felino (it), gattesco
• Korean: 고양이 같다 (goyang'i gatda)
• Manx: kaytoil
• Persian: گربه‌سان (gorbe-sân)
• Polish: koci (pl)
• Russian: коша́чий (ru) (košáčij)
• Turkish: kedi gibi (tr)
• Volapük: katasümik
• Welsh: cathaidd (cy)

Etymology 2

Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus.

A domestic cat

Noun

feline (plural felines)

2. A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.

   Synonym: felid

   Antonyms: nonfelid, nonfeline

   Hypernyms: mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:feline

   2. Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae.

      Antonyms: nonfelid, nonfeline

      Hypernyms: felid, feline (felid sense) < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

      Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:feline

Translations

cat — see cat

Related terms

• Felicia
• Felicity
• felid
• feliform
• felinely
• felinity
• felis (Latin)
• Felix
• feloid

See also

• canine
• cattus (Latin)
• catus (Latin)
• Felidae
• gatus (Latin)

Anagrams

• feelin', nelfie

Italian

Adjective

feline

1. feminine plural of felino

Anagrams

• fenile, nefeli

Latin

Adjective

fēlīne

1. vocative masculine singular of fēlīnus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˈline]

Noun

feline f

1. inflection of felină:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular