gepardo

Esperanto

gepardo

Etymology

From Polish gepard and Russian гепард (gepard), both from French guépard, from Italian ghepardo (“cheetah”), an alteration of gattopardo (“serval, Leptailurus serval”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpardo/

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• Rhymes: -ardo
• Syllabification: ge‧par‧do

Noun

gepardo (accusative singular gepardon, plural gepardoj, accusative plural gepardojn)

1. cheetah

   Hypernym: felisedo (“felid”)

   Hyponyms: gepardido (“young cheetah”), gepardidino (“young female cheetah”), gepardino (“female cheetah”), virgepardo (“male cheetah”)

   Holonym: gepardaro (“pack of cheetahs”)