feral cat

English

Noun

feral cat (plural feral cats)

1. A domestic cat that has returned to the wild, or that was born wild.

Synonyms

• stray, stray cat
• (urban contexts) alley cat
• (country contexts) wild cat
• (unknown owner) estray
• (imprecise) wildcat

Translations

domesticated cat returned to the wild

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野貓／野猫 (zh) (yěmāo), 野猫 (zh) (yěmāo)

• Finnish: villiintynyt kissa, villikissa (fi)
• French: chat haret (fr) m
• German: wilde Katze f, verwilderte Katze f
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• Japanese: 野良猫 (noraneko), 野猫 (のねこ, noneko)
• Polish: zdziczały kot m, dachowiec (pl) m
• Russian: ди́кая ко́шка f (díkaja kóška)
• Spanish: gato asilvestrado m
• Vietnamese: mèo hoang, mèo mả

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